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1. dikf
   Member
   Jan 27, 2013, 3:59 AM

   How can I include Polish characters (or any other "special characters") in an English WordPress blog? I now need to write some Polish words and names in an English-language text, and in the future may need to write some German and French words & names...

   The blog I need help with is dikflantz.wordpress.com.

2. 1tess
   Moderator
   Jan 27, 2013, 4:07 AM

   On Macs you can set the character palette to type in different alphabets / different languages under the "preferences" menu for the operating system. There must be something similar for other operating systems?

   There are also html entities, for example:
   http://www.danshort.com/HTMLentities/index.php?w=latin
   (there are keyboard shortcuts for some)

3. dikf
   Member
   Jan 27, 2013, 4:43 AM

   Thanks 1tess. I'm on Windows 7 (& new at it) so I'll see what it offers.
   & for the HTML entities: though there's none for Polish on the site u sent me, it's another direction to check out.
   i'll let u know what i find...

4. 1tess
   Moderator
   Jan 27, 2013, 5:17 AM

   I'll admit that I'm not familiar with Polish at all, but for French, Spanish, and Italian the link is useful. (the codes need to be typed into the text editor)

   I know there are also keyboard shortcuts to make some of the marks but I cannot find the links I used to learn them. Google should work. On my Mac, the option key with a vowel, then typing the vowel works for the few times I need them. But I don't know the equivalent on a Windows system. Sorry.

5. dikf
   Member
   Jan 28, 2013, 1:40 AM

   Thanks again 1tess. I found the HTML codes for Polish characters online, pasted them in where needed, & it all works fine.

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