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Typing Diacritics (accents) in Portuguese

Macintosh | PC
PDF version for printing PC | Mac

 

Macintosh

Typing in international characters is the same for all Macintosh applications, including the operating system.
 
To produce Follow these steps
à
  1. Hold down the option 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.
À Hold the Shift key down in step 3 above.
á, é, í, ó, ú
  1. Hold down the option key, and type an e (the letter e).
  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.
Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú Hold the Shift key down in step 3 above.
â, ê, ô
  1. Hold down the Option key, and type an I (the letter I).
  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, Ô Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.
ã, õ 
  1. Hold down the Option key, type an n (the letter n).
  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.
Ã, Õ Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.
ü
  1. Hold down the Option key, and type a u (the letter u).
  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.
Ü Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above.
ç Hold down the Option key, and type a c (the letter c).
Ç Hold down the option and Shift keys, and type a c (the letter c).

 

PC

To produce Method 1 Method 2 Method 3
à ALT + 133 or ALT + 0224

 
  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 ALT + 0192 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 ë (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 ë (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, ô ALT + 131 or ALT + 0226

ALT + 136 or ALT + 0234

ALT + 147 or ALT + 0244

  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, Ô ALT + 0194

ALT + 0202

ALT + 0212

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

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, Õ ALT + 0195

ALT + 0213

 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above. Hold the Shift key down in step 1 or 3 Above.
ü

ALT + 0252

  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.
Ü ALT + 154 or ALT + 0220 Hold the Shift key down in step 3 Above. 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 ë(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.