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Holdkey

Holdkey is a Windows program that makes it easy to type characters with accents.

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Windows

Holdkey is a Windows program that makes it easy to type characters with accents.
No more hassle with alt codes or other time consuming methods to create characters like : é à ø ü € ß ñ ï ç ö e g and many many more.

Holdkey has a learning curve of about 1 minute, just type like you always do until you need a character with an accent, then hold the character for half a second, a small window with several character variations appears, then choose the one you want. Holdkey runs in the background and works with almost all programs. More Info »

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Holdkey was added by PaulRRogers_com in Apr 2013 and the latest update was made in Nov 2014. The list of alternatives was updated Mar 2020. It's possible to update the information on Holdkey or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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