Microsoft KB Archive/120085

= WD: How to Type Accented International Characters from the Keyboard =

Article ID: 120085

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2007

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

-



This article was previously published under Q120085



For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 269750.

For a Microsoft Word 97 version of this article, see 196842.



SUMMARY
Microsoft Word provides a way to type international characters that contain a grave (`), acute ('), circumflex (^), umlaut, or tilde (~) directly from your keyboard.

For example, the following are some of the characters that can be typed with an accent directly from your keyboard:

Ã€ Ã  Ã? Ã¡ Ã‚ Ã¢ Ãƒ Ã£ Ã„ Ã¤ Ãˆ Ã¨ Ã‰ Ã© ÃŠ Ãª Ã‹ Ã« ÃŒ Ã¬ Ã? Ã­ ÃŽ Ã® Ã? Ã¯

NOTE: The names of the various accents may be different, depending upon your language.



MORE INFORMATION
To type an accented international character, follow these steps:

Windows

 * 1) While holding the CTRL key, type the character that will appear above the letter.

NOTE: To add the tilde, colon, or caret character, press CTRL+SHIFT and then type the character that will appear above the letter.

The status bar displays "CTRL+ " where  is the key that you pressed, but nothing appears on the screen.
 * 1) Type the letter that you want. The accented character will appear in the document.

If you type a legitimate symbol and an ineligible letter, you hear a beep. If you press CTRL plus a symbol that is invalid, you see just the character with no symbol above it.

Macintosh

 * 1) While holding the OPTION key, type the character that will appear above the letter.
 * 2) Type the letter that you want. The new combination appears in the document.

If you type a legitimate symbol, but type an ineligible letter, the symbol and letter will be placed in the document as separate characters.



Word 98 Macintosh Edition
For more information about this topic, click the Help button on the Standard toolbar and search on accent. Click the Insert symbols or special characters topic, and then click Type international characters.

Word 7.0
For more information about this topic, double-click the Help button on the Standard toolbar and search (Show Topics) on accent, or international. Select the "Creating international letters with a U.S. keyboard" topic and click the Go To button.

Additional query words: accent accented accents apostrophe caret cedilla colon combination diacritical dieresis diphthong docerr foreign international language ligature marks ring

Keywords: kbhowto kbinfo kbualink97 kbusage KB120085

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.