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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	Hold down the Control key, and type an ` (accent grave). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3). Type the vowel over which you want the accent to appear.	Type a ` (the accent grave key) Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 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	Hold down the Control key, and type a ë (the apostrophe). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3). Type the vowel over which you want the accent to appear.	Hold down the RIGHT ALT key, and type the vowel over which you want the accent to appear. OR 1. Type a ë (the apostrophe). Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 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	Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type a ^ (caret, or the number 6 above the T & Y keys). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3). Type the vowel over which you want the circumflex to appear.	Type a ^ (caret, or Shift and the number 6 above the T & Y keys). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 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	Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type a ~ (tilde). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3). Type the letter over which you want the tilde to appear.	Hold down the RIGHT ALT key, and type an n OR Type a ~ (tilde). Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 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	Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type a : (a colon). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3). Type the vowel over which you want the umlaut to appear.	Type a " (a quote mark). Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 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	Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type an @(the at symbol). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 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	Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type an & (ampersand). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 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	Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and type & (AMPERSAND) Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3) Type and o (the letter o)
Œ	ALT +0140	Hold the Shift key down in step 3 above
å	ALT + 0140	Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.
ç	ALT + 135 or ALT + 0231	Hold down the Control key, and type a , (comma). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3). Type an c (the letter c).	Hold down the RIGHT ALT key, and type a , (a comma). OR Type a ë(an apostrophe). Let go of the key (don't hold it down for step 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	Hold down the Control key, and type a / (slash). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 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).