Microsoft KB Archive/61494

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Producing Accent or Diacritical Marks over Characters
Last reviewed: January 16, 1996

Article ID: Q61494

SUMMARY:
Accent marks can be produced in all Macintosh applications by pressing the OPTION key and the character that creates the mark and then the character desired under the mark. For example, to create an &quot;a&quot; with an acute accent, press OPTION+E (to create an acute accent), release the keys, then press the &quot;a&quot; key to display the &quot;a&quot; with the acute accent. Pressing SPACEBAR instead of a character displays the mark itself.

Depending on the System version, these marks will be applied to all characters, or only to certain characters. System 6.0.4 produces an accent or diacritical mark above any character. Systems 6.0.3 and earlier produce this mark only on certain characters.

The following table shows what keys to press to produce the various marks:

Press       To Create -       -

OPTION+`    Grave accent OPTION+E    Acute accent OPTION+I    Circumflex OPTION+U    Umlaut OPTION+N    Tilde