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[Mod note: the present is the official forum topic for Extra Keys; https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2543]

Type any accented characters for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Scandinavian languages. Also other special characters - this small Windows software tool enables simple input of letters and symbols that may not appear on your normal keyboard.

http://www.deeproot.co.uk/extrakeys.html



Settings: none
Requirements: Win2000,XP,Vista,Win7

Download the installer @ http://www.deeproot.co.uk/downloads/ExtraKeys_setup.exe and extract (7-zip), delete $PLUGINSDIR folder, launch extrakeys.exe

All the characters are from the ANSI Latin-1 character set, suitable for use with Western European and US fonts. Extended Unicode characters for other regions are not provided by this version, but might be in a future development.

Thanks, I like it. Too bad that it hasn't got a settings file as the default settings doesn't fit my needs.

Edit: after playing with some similar apps I found that creating a powerpro bar is the best solution for me.

Screenshot:


Simple, easily extendable & configurable, utilizes all 3 mouse buttons, etc. If anyone interested I can export the bar from powerpro.

Tested Portable: Yes
Tested Stealth: Yes

Perfect tool I am Baas thanks
You can add it to DB

I wrote this little program - aim was to keep it simple and small as possible.

There are many other ways to do the same thing - maybe this is not be best for everyone, but some might find it useful.

It was orignally just a tool in a commercial application. If I get time, perhaps there will be an enhanced version in the future - still free and portable. I'm currently working to have a true portable option for my main application (sorry, not freeware).

A plain ZIP download is now available as an alternative to the NSIS installer, same page as above.

@deeproot

Thanks for joining TPFC forum. Please let us know if / when you start working on an enhanced version of Extra Keys.

Extra Keys is at version 2.1.0. Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

http://www.deeproot.co.uk

Extra-Keys is really handy to type diacriticals when working as non-admin in computers with exotic keyboard configurations.

Sounds like you have the best of both worlds

I've added Extra Keys to the database.
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2543 ... please vote

I did.

tproli wrote:Sounds like you have the best of both worlds

Do I? Are implying that I'm trying to have my cake and eat it, too?

What a nice little gem !
Thanks for adding !

Thanks, Checker, for adding, and everyone else for voting.

ExtraKeys is at version 2.2.1

Download either the 32-bit or 64-bit installer and uniextract. The application files are in the $INSTDIR folder.

http://www.deeproot.co.uk/

@I am Baas: Thanks ... and updated

Thanks, Checker. I missed that .zip file