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French quotes on Dell computer

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May -  
 Gil43 -

Hello,

I recently got a Dell XPS 13 9305 and I'm having trouble making French quotation marks with my keyboard. I only have these: '' '', can you please help me?

Thank you to the person/people who will respond to this message :)

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    jordane45 Posted messages 30427 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 833
     

    Hello,

    Generally, they automatically replace the " with the " in software that has this feature (like Word, for example).

    Here, you didn’t specify which software you’re trying to do this in.

    At worst, you can create them using the key combination ALT + 0171 and ALT + 0187 « »

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    Best regards,
    Jordane

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    1. Pierr10 Posted messages 13864 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   5 861
       

      Hello,

      The alt+ key combinations are unusable on this computer which does not have a numeric keypad! This is a common issue with Dell.

      There is still the character map.

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      1. May > Pierr10 Posted messages 13864 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         

        Hello,

        I understand better now why nothing was working when I tried to make those combinations. Thank you for your response!

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      2. Pierr10 Posted messages 13864 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   5 861 > May
         

        Hello,


        The easiest thing is to buy a numeric keypad that connects via USB. Some come with USB outputs, which helps avoid losing a port. The price is quite low (around €20). It can be a handy solution.

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    2. Gil43
       

      Simply try SHIFT 2 at the beginning and SHIFT2 at the end.

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  2. epango Posted messages 36739 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   Ambassador 4 271
     

    It's easier to type the < and the > sign twice to get <<xxxx>>.

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    1. jordane45 Posted messages 30427 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   4 833
       

      Yes but... they're not really the quotation marks....

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