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Diacritics on a Mac

Typing Diacritics (accents) on the PC

To produce Method 1 Method 2 Method 3
à, è, ì, ò, ù ALT + 133 or ALT + 0224

ALT + 138 or ALT + 0232

ALT + 141 or ALT + 0236

ALT + 149 or ALT + 0242

ALT +151 or ALT + 0249
  1. Hold down the Control key, and type an ` (accent grave).
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3).
  3. Type the vowel over which you want the accent to appear.
  1. Type a ` (the accent grave key)
  2. Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 3).
  3. Type the vowel over which you want the accent to appear.
À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù ALT + 0192

ALT + 0200

ALT + 0204

ALT + 0210

ALT + 0217

 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 above. Hold the Shift key down in step 3 above.
á, é, í, ó, ú ALT + 160 or ALT + 0225

ALT + 130 or ALT + 0233

ALT + 161 or ALT + 0237

ALT + 162 or ALT + 0243

ALT + 163 or ALT + 0250
  1. Hold down the Control key, and type a ? (the apostrophe).
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3).
  3. Type the vowel over which you want the accent to appear.
  1. Hold down the RIGHT ALT key, and type the vowel over which you want the accent to appear.


    2. OR

    1. Type a ? (the apostrophe).

  2. Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 3).
  3. Type the vowel over which you want the accent to appear.
Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú ALT + 0193

ALT + 144 or ALT + 0201

ALT + 0205

ALT + 0211

ALT + 0218

 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 above. Hold the Shift key down in step 1 or 3 above.
â, ê, î, ô, û ALT + 131 or ALT + 0226

ALT + 136 or ALT + 0234

ALT + 140 or ALT + 0238

ALT + 147 or ALT + 0244

ALT + 150 or ALT + 0251
  1. Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type a ^ (caret, or the number 6 above the T & Y keys).
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3).
  3. Type the vowel over which you want the circumflex to appear.
  1. Type a ^ (caret, or Shift and the number 6 above the T & Y keys).
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3).
  3. Type the vowel over which you want the circumflex to appear.
Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û ALT + 0194

ALT + 0202

ALT + 0206

ALT + 0212

ALT + 0219

 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above. Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.
ã, ñ, õ  ALT + 0227

ALT + 164 or ALT + 0241

ALT + 0245
  1. Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type a ~ (tilde).
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3).
  3. Type the letter over which you want the tilde to appear.
  1. Hold down the RIGHT ALT key, and type an n
OR
  1. Type a ~ (tilde).
  2. Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 3).
  3. Type the letter over which you want the tilde to appear.
Ã, Ñ, Õ ALT + 0195

ALT + 165 or ALT + 0209

ALT + 0213

 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above. Hold the Shift key down in step 1 or 3 Above.
ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ ALT + 132 or ALT + 0228

ALT + 137 or ALT + 0235

ALT + 139 or ALT + 0239

ALT + 148 or ALT + 0246

ALT + 0252

ALT + 152 or ALT + 0255
  1. Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type a : (a colon).
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3).
  3. Type the vowel over which you want the umlaut to appear.
  1. Type a " (a quote mark).
  2. Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 3).
  3. Type the vowel over which you want the umlaut to appear.
Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ ALT + 142 or ALT + 0196

ALT + 0203

ALT + 0207

ALT + 153 or ALT + 0214

ALT + 154 or ALT + 0220

ALT + 0159

 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above. Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.
å ALT + 134 or ALT + 0229
  1. Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type an @(the at symbol). 
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3).
  3. Type an a (the letter a).
  
Å ALT + 143 or ALT + 0197 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.  
æ ALT + 145 or ALT + 0230
  1. Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type an & (ampersand). 
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3).
  3. Type an a (the letter a).
  
Æ ALT + 146 or ALT + 0198 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.  
œ ALT + 0156
  1. Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type & (AMPERSAND)
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3)
  3. Type and o (the letter o)
  
Œ ALT +0140 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 above  
? ALT + 0140 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.  
ç ALT + 135 or ALT + 0231
  1. Hold down the Control key, and type a , (comma). 
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3).
  3. Type an c (the letter c).
  1. Hold down the RIGHT ALT key, and type a , (a comma).
OR
  1. Type a ?(an apostrophe).
  2. Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 3).
  3. Type an c (the letter c).
Ç ALT + 128 or ALT + 0199 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above. Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.
ø ALT + 0248
  1. Hold down the Control key, and type a / (slash).
  2. Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3). 
  3. Type an o (the letter o).
  
Ø ALT + 0216 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.  
¿ ALT + 168 or ALT + 0191 Hold down the Alt, Control, and Shift keys, and type a ? (a single question mark). Hold down the RIGHT ALT key, and type a / (a slash mark).
¡ ALT + 0161 Hold down the Alt, Control, and Shift keys, and type a ! (a single exclamation mark). Hold down the RIGHT ALT key, and type a 1 (the number one above the q key).
ß ALT + 0223 Hold down the Control, Shift and & (ampersand) keys, and type an s (the letter s). Hold down the RIGHT ALT key, and type an s (the letter s).

 
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