Language Resource Center-Italian Diacritics

Typing in international characters is the same for all Macintosh applications, including the operating system.

To produce	Follow these steps
à, è, ì, ò, ù	Hold down the option 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.
À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù	Hold the Shift key down in step 3 above.
á, é, í, ó, ú	Hold down the option key, and type an e (the letter e). Let go of the keys (don't hold them down for step 3). Type the vowel over which you want the accent to appear.
Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú	Hold the Shift key down in step 3 above.

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 ? (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 ? (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.