Hannah Gleghorn Design | Keyboard Commands for Foreign Characters

Keyboard Commands for Foreign Characters
Diacritics for Mac and PC

Keyboard commands for inserting accented characters into text on a Mac or PC.

For Macintosh

Name	Character	Command
acute	á, é, í	Option + e, the letter
grave	è,à,ù	Option + `, the letter
tilde	ñ Ñ	Option + n, the letter
circumflex	ê Ê	Option + i, the letter
umlaut	ü Ü	Option + u, the letter
cedilla	ç Ç	Option + c or C
	¿	Option + ?
	ß	Option + s
	¡	Option + 1
	£	Option + 3
	§	Option + 6
	º	Option + 0 (zero)
	oe ligature	Option + q
	€	Shift+Option+2

For PC (Microsoft Word)

Character	Keyboard Command
à, è, ì, ò, ù - À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù	CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), 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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