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Type international accent marks and diacritics
1. Press CTRL and one of the punctuation keys ` ' , ~ : ^ that most closely resembles the accent needed.
2. Release the two keys pressed in Step 1.
3. Press the letter to be modified and the accented character will appear.Thus Ctrl+: with u gives ü and Ctrl+, with C gives Ç.
The following chart came from MS Word help/index/characters/inserting/type international. Newer versions have slightly different wording such as help/index/character, then click on Insert an international character by using a shortcut key. Note that some keys such as & require a shift key also.
à, è, ì, ò, ù - À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter or the LETTER á, é, í, ó, ú, ý - Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), the letter â, ê, î, ô, û Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û CTRL+^ (CARET), the letter ã, ñ, õ Ã, Ñ, Õ CTRL+~ (TILDE), the letter ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ CTRL+: (COLON), the letter å, Å CTRL+@, a or A æ, Æ CTRL+&, a or A œ, Œ CTRL+&, o or O ç, Ç CTRL+, (COMMA), c or C ð, Ð CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), d or D ø, Ø CTRL+/, o or O ¿ ALT+CTRL+? ¡ ALT+CTRL+! ß CTRL+&, s
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