German Umlauts?

Question

How can you get umlauts, the German B's etc? Thank you.

So could the B be something like that?

Answer 1

Make sure NumLock is on, hold down the Alt key, and type the appropriate number on the numeric keypad. (If you don't have a numeric keypad, e.g. on a laptop, you'll probably have to do more keyboard gymnastics, such as Fn keys and such. In that case, it might be easier to use the Character Map.)

ö = 148 or 0246
Ö = 0214
ü = 129 or 0252
Ü = 0220
ß = 0223 (and it's a "sharp S", not a B)

Answer 2

alt 147 = ô
alt 129 = ü
alt 132 = ä