Easy umlauts?

[Joel Hammer]

All I want to do is use umlauts in Ding. The Ding help says that if
you don't have umlauts on your keyboard to use an "a" for "a umlaut"
but that doesn't work, at least for me.

I switched to German in KDE (easy in lindows) but I still don't get any
umlauts after pressing all the keys.

So, two questions:
1. Is there a quick and easy way to get umlauts off the typical English
Keyboard?
2. Do any Ding users know how to simulate umlauts?

Thanks,

Joel