German script text

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Janno
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Post by Janno » Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:09 am

Can someone please tell me how to write German text with the umlauts and scharfes? I have Sibelius First and use it for choir scores. Thanks for your help. Jan
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KJ_Palmer
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Sibelius Version: 6.2, 7.5
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Post by KJ_Palmer » Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:27 am

Well, I suppose you could get a German keyboard and use that. Or find some German text and copy and paste from that.

Otherwise (assuming you have a windows PC?) you should be able to use ALT plus character code on numeric keypad. Unhelpfully the Sibelius reference guide doesn't list these, but I Googled and found these:

ALT 0223 = ß
ALT 0228 = ä
ALT 0246 = ö
ALT 0252 = ü
ALT 0196 = Ä
ALT 0214 = Ö
ALT 0220 = Ü

Hope that works. Can't try it myself at the moment in Sibelius. Worked in Notepad though.
Sibelius 6.2, 7.5.1, Windows 11
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Janno
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Post by Janno » Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:02 am

Thanks for taking the time to get an answer to my problem. It worked perfectly!
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KJ_Palmer
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Post by KJ_Palmer » Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:20 pm

Great, I forgot to mention that Num Lock should be on, but obviously you figured that out yourself!
Sibelius 6.2, 7.5.1, Windows 11
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Janno
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Post by Janno » Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:56 pm

Actually I didn't even know I had the Num lock on. I've never used it! But it's a good lesson for anyone else that needs this help.
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