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Hi - I'm trying to see the Keyboard Viewer. According to help,
1) Choose Apple > System Preferences and click International.
2) Click Input Menu, then select the checkbox next to Keyboard Viewer.
3) Choose Show Keyboard Viewer from the Input menu on the right side of the menu bar (the one that looks like a flag or alphabetical symbol).
#3 is where I'm having problems. I click the checkbox next to Keyboard viewer but am unable to find the 'Show Keyboard Viewer' command. I am assuming something will pop up when I do this? (Or perhaps I've already done it and nothing happens. If this is the case - then what? How do I see the selected keyboard layout?)
I'm assuming this is the way I'll be writing french words (with accents) into my document?
Julie

HI JCanlis,
Ok.. number 3. When you click the "flag" and see the check mark, just below that the pop up menu doesn't say: Show Character Palette and Show Keyboard Viewer? Make sure when you click on the flag to allow the pop up menu to appear and scroll down to Show Keyboard Viewer.
If you still can't prompt the Keyboard Viewer try this. Locate this file:
com.apple.HIToolbox.plist It's here: MacinoshHD/Library/Preferences.
Open the Preferences folder, locate that file and drag it to the Trash. Reboot. It's ok to Trash a preference file, your Mac will create a new one for you.
Post back if you still need help...
Carolyn

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weird dreamweaver keyboard mapping problem:
Hope this solution helps someone out. If you have q's, ask
and I will try to help.
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Tom Gewecke wrote:
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If you tell us exactly which ones you need, we can probably tell you whether and how a keyboard combo can be used.
In my workflow, the special characters I need to use generally do have a keyboard combination to activate them -- my frustration is over the seemingly increasing hassle it requires to see what that key combination is. And the difficulty with setting "Favorites" is that there aren't really any specific ones I frequently need on a regular basis.
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http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Believe me, I have. For many, many apps. Many, many times.
I sometimes wonder how seriously the Feedback is actually monitored, however, since very often the options offered in the questions you need to fill out (what version of the app are you currently using; which version of the OS; etc.) are several months out of date. One can only hope that even though the pages themselves are not being actively maintained, at least some of the user input sent via those pages does get looked at.
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Muhyee wrote:
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(Firstly, can't give a URL as I'm sensibly(?) doing a site
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> So my main question is - should I be worried by the
design view problems
Yes. I'd say more, but I cannot see your page.
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> Another design view question - I've looked through other
posts but not
> seen
> anything that's similar.
>
> (Firstly, can't give a URL as I'm sensibly(?) doing a
site redesign
> offline...)
>
> I've got a page that consists of three columns - each
floated left, each
> with
> nested divs (the nested divs are fixed width).
>
> In design view, everything was fine with this structure
- as was preview
> in
> browser, and the page validates with DWCS3's checker.
But adding content
> to
> the first of the columns (within a nested div) made the
next two columns
> drop
> below the first in design view - although DWCS3
validation and previewing
> is
> still fine.
>
> Through judicious deleting etc., I've found that it was
a floated element
> in a
> nested div within the first column, that caused the
subsequent elements to
> drop
> below the first column.
>
> So my main question is - should I be worried by the
design view problems,
> or
> is It just an inconvenience?
>
> (And if there's any other obvious problems I'm inviting
by structuring the
> page this way, please feel free to (gently) point it
out...!).
>
> Thanks, Matt.
>

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