How to type symbols, accents and tilde in LR text fields?

Question

As a photog in an area with a huge Hispanic population, I need to type accent marks, tildes,etc in caption and other text fields. Does LR support this? If not now, when? Would appreciate immediately response since my Cuban client will think I am culturally ignorant to a staggering degree if I get his name wrong -- and remember, without the correct accents or tildes, non-English words are considered egregiously misspelled. many thanks.

Answer 1

Here the MS kb article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306560
How to Use the United States-International Keyboard
Adding the United States-International Keyboard Layout
To add the United States-International keyboard layout, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Under Pick a category, click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options.
3. Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Regional and Language Options.
The Regional and Language Options dialog box appears.
4. On the Languages tab, click Details.
The Text Services and Input Languages dialog box appears.
5. Under Installed services, click Add.
The Add Input language dialog box appears.
6. In the Input language list, click the language that you want. For example, English (United States).
NOTE: When you use the United States-International keyboard layout, you should also use an English language setting.
7. In the Keyboard layout/IME list, click United States-International, and then click OK.
8. In the Select one of the installed input languages to use when you start your computer list, click Language name - United States-International (where Language name is the language that you selected in step 6), and then click OK.
9. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK.
Notice that the Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you position the mouse pointer over it, a ToolTip appears that describes the active keyboard layout. For example, United States-International.
10. Click the Language bar, and then click United States-International on the shortcut menu that appears.
The United States-International keyboard layout is selected.
Creating Extended Characters
The United States-International keyboard layout assigns new functions to the right ALT key (the ALT key on the right side of the keyboard). Use the right ALT key in combination with other keys to create extended characters.
The following table illustrates characters that you can create by using the combination of the right ALT key plus another key, as well as those that you can create by using the right ALT key plus the SHIFT key plus another key:
Key on United States keyboard Character Made with Right ALT+Key SHIFT+Right ALT+Key
1 i ¹
2 ² N/A
Creating International Characters
When you press the APOSTROPHE (') key, QUOTATION MARK (") key, ACCENT GRAVE (`) key, TILDE (~) key, ACCENT CIRCUMFLEX key, or CARET (^) key, nothing appears on the screen until you press a second key. If you press one of the letters designated as eligible to receive an accent mark, the accented version of the letter appears. If you press the key of a character that is not eligible to receive an accent mark, two separate characters appear.
In other words, when you use the US-International keyboard layout, Windows automatically accents letters that customarily receive an accent but does not automatically accent letters that do not customarily receive an accent.
The following table illustrates the accented characters that you can create:
Press this key Then press this key Resultant character
' (APOSTROPHE) C Ç
'(APOSTROPHE) e, y, u, i, o, a é, ý, ú, í, ó, á
"(QUOTATION MARK) e, u, i, o, a ë, ü, ï, ö, ä
`(ACCENT GRAVE) e, u, i, o è, ù, ì, ò
~(TILDE) o, n õ, ñ
^(CARET) e, u, i, o, a ê, û, î, ô, â