

Hold down the Shift key when typing the uppercase letter. The symbol " V" below means any vowel. To use the keyboard shortcuts, hold down the Option key, press the second key, and release both before typing the vowel. How to type accented letters on Mac keyboard? The last solution is to use the Windows character table.

How to type accented uppercase letters using the character map? Here are the codes for the main accented letters: For example, press Alt+0233 for (e acute).

You can also enter accented uppercase letters using the Alt key in combination with a corresponding Unicode value. To type e with an accent in Windows, press and hold the alt key, then type the alt code for that particular letter. À Á Â Ä Å Ã Æ Ç É È Ê Ë Í Ì Î Ï Ñ Ó Ò Ô Ö Ø Õ OE Ú Ù Û Ü Ý Y How to use a key combination on Windows? Below the main accented letters used in the French language: Press and hold the Alt key while typing the appropriate number code on the numeric keypad to create characters with circumflex accent marks. The easiest solution, is to find a text containing such accented characters and make a copy/paste. On Windows PCs, enable Num Lock on the numeric keypad to the right side of the keyboard. Make sure that NUM LOCK is on before you type the character code.įor example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down the ALT key and press 0128 on the numeric keypad.įor more info on using Unicode and ASCII characters, see Insert ASCII or Unicode character codes.How to type accented uppercase letter via Copy and Paste option? The ANSI character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character codeĪLT+the character code (on the numeric keypad) The Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character codeįor example, to insert the euro currency symbol, type 20AC, and then hold down the ALT key and press X. For example, to type a ô, hold down CTRL, SHIFT and ^, release and type o. To type a lowercase character by using a key combination that includes the SHIFT key, hold down the CTRL+SHIFT+symbol keys simultaneously, and then release them before you type the letter. For example, for è you would press Ctrl + `, release and then type e. For example, to type a copyright symbol ©, hold down the Alt key and type 0169.įor keyboard shortcuts in which you press one key immediately followed by another key, the keys to press are separated by a comma (,). In Word and Outlook, you can use accent marks (or diacritical marks) in a document, such as an acute accent, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis or umlaut, grave accent, or tilde.įor keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+) in the tables.
