![]() #Keystrokes for accents fullIf there is a shortcut for the symbol it will be displayed and even a full name. As you can see, the shortcut key (roughly) matches how the accent looks – which makes them easy to remember: Here’s a simplified list of the main accent shortcuts in large type on the rightĪdd the Ctrl + Shift + the accent shortcut key. Strictly speaking the shortcut is Ctrl + ^ but in practice you have to press the Shift key to enter the grave character above the 6 key … so the shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + ^ for most keyboards. Is it Ctrl + ^ or Ctrl + Shift + ^ ? You’ll see the same shortcut written both ways. The same shortcut works for the accent and grave using the apostrophe and grave (usually on top left of the keyboard, below the ~ tilde). Ĭtrl + Shift + : (colon) then either a, e ,I, o, u will produce that letter with a umlaut above it (which looks like a colon on its side) eg â, ê ,î, ô, û. An easy way to remember them is … you hold the Ctrl and Shift keys down while pressing the character that represents the type of accent you want.Ĭtrl and Shift plus ^ (caret, usually above the 6 key) then the letter ‘a’ will produce an a with caret above it eg â. The shortcuts have been there for a long time and the main four are quite logical. Same with fiance becoming fiancé ShortcutsĬommon accents have shortcuts in Office generally (Word and Outlook which uses Word as its email editor). Type cafe and Office will change it to café In English language versions of Office you’ll probably see some of these: Sometimes you don’t have to do anything! Office may add some accented characters for you automatically using the in-built AutoCorrect list. This ensures you get it right and saves having to work out the keyboard shortcuts to make an accent letter. The real easy way, especially with names, is to copy the word (with accented characters) from some source document or incoming email. It’s good to get a name or word exactly right, if only as a courtesy to the reader. Office and Windows let you enter almost any character, if you know the magic spell. #Keystrokes for accents how toThe keyboards don’t show accented letters and it’s not obvious how to type them. Typing accented letters can be a chore and a mystery, especially for those of us unaccustomed to languages with the ‘extra’ letters. Type accented characters accent, grave, circumflex, tilde, umlaut, dieresis or cedilla in Microsoft Word and Outlook when they aren’t on the keyboard such as á ã à ä Ç ç ē é ê è ë â ê î ô û and many more. ![]()
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