Accents on a Mac

Making International Characters in Windows

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The Language Center computers now have the US-International keyboard installed. This makes it much easier to make accent marks in any program on your PC. If you're not in the Language Center, see below: There are several ways to make accent marks on a PC. The 3 and 4 number codes will work in any program on your PC. Note that not every letter has a 3 number code. Another handy input method for accents uses the Microsoft Visual Keyboard.

For French, you may also use Le Notepad. Just click on the accented letter, then cut and paste into your document.

Language

Desired Letter

How to Make It:

   

In MSWord

3 number code

Hold down the Alt key and type:

4 number code

Hold down the Alt key and type:

French

à

Ctrl+ ` then a

133

0224

 

â

Ctrl+ ^ then a

131

0226

 

ç

Ctrl+ , then c

135

0231

 

é

Ctrl+' then e

130

0233

 

è

Ctrl+` then e

138

0232

 

ê

Ctrl+Shift+^ then e

136

0234

 

ë

Ctrl+Shift+: then e

137

0235

 

î

Ctrl+Shift+^ then i

140

0238

 

ï

Ctrl+Shift+ : then i

139

0239

 

oe

Ctrl+Shift+& then o

-

0156

 

ô

Ctrl+Shift+^ then o

147

0244

 

û

Ctrl+Shift+^ then u

150

0251

 

«

 

174

0171

 

»

 

175

0187

         

Spanish

á

Ctrl+' then a

160

0225

 

é

Ctrl+' then e

130

0233

 

í

Ctrl+' then i

161

0237

 

ñ

Ctrl+Shift+~ then n

164

0241

 

ó

Ctrl+í then o

162

0243

 

ú

Ctrl+' then u

163

0250

 

ü

Ctrl+Shift+: then u

129

0252

 

¿

Alt+Ctrl+Shift+?

168

0191

 

¡

Alt+Ctrl+Shift+!

173

0161

         

Italian

à

Ctrl+ ` then a

133

0224

 

è

Ctrl+` then e

138

0232

 

ì

Ctrl+` then i

141

0236

 

ò

Ctrl+` then o

149

0242

 

ù

Ctrl+` then u

151

0249

         

German

ä

Ctrt+Shift+: then a

132

0228

 

ë

Ctrl+Shift+: then e

137

0235

 

ö

Ctrl+Shift+: then o

148

0246

 

ß

Ctrl+Shift+& then s

225

0223

 

ü

Ctrtl+Shift+: then u

129

0252

CAPITAL LETTERS

Language

Desired Letter

How to Make It:

   

In MSWord

3 number code

Hold down the Alt key and type:

4 number code

Hold down the Alt key and type:

French

À

Ctrl+ ` then A

-

0192

 

Â

Ctrl+ ` then A

-

0194

 

Ç

Ctrl+ , then C

128

0199

 

É

Ctrl+' then E

144

0201

 

È

Ctrl+` then E

-

0200

 

Ê

Ctrl+Shift+^ then E

-

0202

 

Ë

Ctrl+Shift+: then E

-

0203

 

Î

Ctrl+Shift+^ then I

-

0206

 

Ï

Ctrl+Shift+ : then I

-

0207

 

OE

Ctrl+Shift+& thenO

-

0140

 

Ô

Ctrl+Shift+^ then O

-

0212

 

Û

Ctrl+Shift+^ then U

-

0219

         

Spanish

Á

Ctrl+' then A

-

0193

 

É

Ctrl+' then E

144

0201

 

Í

Ctrl+' then I

-

0205

 

Ñ

Ctrl+Shift+~ then N

165

0209

 

Ó

Ctrl+' then O

-

0211

 

Ú

Ctrl+'then U

-

0218

 

Ü

Ctrtl+Shift+: then U

-

0220

         

Italian

À

Ctrl+ ` then A

-

0192

 

È

Ctrl+` then E

-

0200

 

Ì

Ctrl+` then I

-

0204

 

Ò

Ctrl+` then O

-

0210

 

Ù

Ctrl+` then U

-

0217

         

German

Ä

Ctrtl+Shift+: then A

142

0196

 

Ë

Ctrtl+Shift+: then E

-

0203

 

Ö

Ctrtl+Shift+: then O

153

0214

 

Ü

Ctrtl+Shift+: then U

154

0220

Euro

€

    

0128

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