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Remove accents on Windows

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Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58219 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello everyone,

I would like to know how and if it is possible to remove accents from a Word or Notepad text (whichever you prefer) without having to do it manually. I have already looked at several sites but have never found a satisfactory solution.
Best regards

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    T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 217
     
    Hello,

    Find / Replace? It needs to be done for each accent but it takes two minutes

    Best regards.
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  2. Panth33ra Posted messages 23154 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   Ambassadeur 2 359
     
    Hello,
    You mention... "...if it's possible to remove the accents from a Word or Notepad text (whichever you prefer) without doing it manually..."
    And for what reason(s) do you want to remove them?

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  3. choubaka Posted messages 5535 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   2 113
     
    Otherwise, by changing the language of writing (English for example)

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  4. Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58219 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   17 485
     
    Hello.

    It's normal that you can't find anything on any site: you are the first and the only one wanting to do something like that!
    Which accents are you talking about? You want to write
    "ou vas-tu ? je vais a la maison pour ma fete" instead of
    "où vas-tu ? je vais a la maison pour ma fête"?
    The result will really be very ugly...
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    1. Panth33ra Posted messages 23154 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 359
       
      Hello Raymond.
      "where are you going? I'm going home for my party". There is a missing accent on the "a" in "à la maison"
      The meaning of the sentence can also change.
      It seems that this method (of omitting accents) is applied in SMS language, not very classy either and can be difficult to understand.
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    2. T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 217
       
      Hello,

      You are worried about the why without providing solutions! Personally, I use software that does not support accents, and I can understand the need to remove them in certain cases for compatibility reasons.

      Best regards.
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    3. Panth33ra Posted messages 23154 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 359 > T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Sorry, I don't understand why someone would want to remove essential accents from words. I know that the French language is complex, but if we start writing in an approximate language without accents, we might as well keep the door open to anything and everything.
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    4. Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58219 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   17 485 > T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      And what's your solution?
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    5. RoMa.31 > T3chN0g3n Posted messages 69 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Hello,
      It's somewhat of a habit on this forum to answer a question with a solution that has nothing to do with the request :-/

      The simplest solution is indeed yours: Find ... /Replace with ... in any text editor or word processor.
      Unless you're writing a program that takes all possible cases into account, but that's longer to write than using Find/Replace.
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  6. choubaka Posted messages 5535 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   2 113
     
    Good evening

    notepad++ or we stick to powershell with regex ...

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  7. m@rina Posted messages 27633 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   11 564
     
    Hello,

    We assume this is not a literary text!
    Here's a Word solution:
    - Uncheck the "Accented Capital Letters in French" option
    - Change everything to uppercase (Shift+F3) => all accents disappear
    - Change everything back to lowercase (or lowercase and uppercase at the beginning of sentences) (Shift+F3).

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  8. eugene-92
     
    Nothing about the cedillas?
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    1. Claude Lachance Posted messages 33456 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   1 035
       
      Hi

      In this case, the simplest solution is to Find\tReplace ç with c and then Ç with C. Nothing simpler. See you later!
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  10. Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58219 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   17 485
     
    Hi brea.

    Your video just illustrates the initial response from April 1st https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/oldest/37158957-enlever-les-accents-sur-windows#1
    taken up 4 hours later
    https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/oldest/37158957-enlever-les-accents-sur-windows#9
    and completed on April 4th for the cedillas
    https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/oldest/37158957-enlever-les-accents-sur-windows#15

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