Accented Characters

The table below lists the letters with supported accents.

Accent

Sample

Key Combination

Notes

Acute

Ó ó

Ctrl+', V

'= apostrophe key

V= any vowel

Circumflex

Ô ô

Shift+Ctrl+^, V

Grave

Ò ò

Ctrl+`, V

Tilde

Ñ ñ

Shift+Ctrl+~, V

Only works with "n, N, o, O, a, A"

Umlaut

Ö ö

Shift+Ctrl+:, V

:= colon key

Some examples are:

  1. To enter the character "ó", (Ctrl+',o) hold down the Control key and press the apostrophe key. Release both keys and press "o". The accented letter appears.

  2. To enter the character "Ó", (Ctrl+',O) hold down the Control key and press the apostrophe key. Release both keys and press "O". The accented letter appears.

  3. To enter character "ñ", (Shift+Ctrl+~,n) hold down the Shift key and press the Control key, then press the tilde (~) key. Release all three keys and press "n".

The following table lists other supported foreign characters.

Character

Name

Key Combination

Notes

¡

Upside-down exclamation point

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+!

 Press and hold Alt+Shift+Ctrl+!

¿

Upside-down question mark

Alt+Shift+Ctrl+?

 

Ç, ç

French C cedille (caps/lowercase)

Ctrl+, ,c

Ctrl+, ,C

For ç, press Control, then the comma key. Release then press c.

Œ, œ

OE ligature (caps/lowercase)

Shift+Ctrl+&,o

Shift+Ctrl+&,O

Press and hold Shift+Ctrl+&, release the keys and press o

ß

German Sharp/Double S

Shift+Ctrl+&,S

Ø, ø

Nordic O slash (caps/lowercase)

Ctrl+/,o

Ctrl+/,O

Å, å

Nordic A-ring, Angstrom sign (caps/lowercase)

Shift+Ctrl+@,a

Shift+Ctrl+@,A

A with ring/Angstrom Sign

Æ, æ

Old English AE ligature (caps/lowercase)

Shift+Ctrl+&,a

Shift+Ctrl+&,A

Ð, ð

Old English eth (caps/lowercase)

Ctrl+',d

Ctrl+',D

Icelandic/Old English eth

' = apostrophe key