Peter Dyballa schrieb: >> I want to type € (ALT+E) > > \usepackage[full]{textcomp} Not quite: \documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage[latin9]{inputenc} \usepackage[full]{textcomp} \begin{document} € \end{document} ... does what the OP wants, but this yields the strange Euro-ish symbol in textcomp. :-( Jürgen.