Adding Accent Marks in Microsoft Products

    Adding Accent Marks In Microsoft Products

    Accent Marks can be used in Microsoft Products such as Word and Outlook. These include an acute accent, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis or umlaut, grave accent, or tilde.

    • For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign (+) in the tables. For example, to type a copyright symbol © , hold down the Alt key and type 0169.

    • For keyboard shortcuts in which you press one key immediately followed by another key, the keys to press are separated by a comma (,). For example, for è you would press Ctrl + ` , release and then type e.

    • To type a lowercase character by using a key combination that includes the SHIFT key, hold down the CTRL+SHIFT+symbol keys simultaneously, and then release them before you type the letter. For example, to type a ô, hold down CTRL, SHIFT and ^, release and type o.

    To insert this

    Press

    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+SHIFT+^ (CARET), the letter

    ã, ñ, õ
    Ã, Ñ, Õ

    CTRL+SHIFT+~ (TILDE), the letter

    ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ,
    Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ

    CTRL+SHIFT+: (COLON), the letter

    å, Å

    CTRL+SHIFT+@, a or A

    æ, Æ

    CTRL+SHIFT+&, a or A

    œ, Œ

    CTRL+SHIFT+&, 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+SHIFT+?

    ¡

    ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+!

    ß

    CTRL+SHIFT+&, s

    The Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character code

    The character code, ALT+X

    For example, to insert the euro currency symbol , type 20AC, and then hold down the ALT key and press X.

    The ANSI character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character code

    ALT+the character code (on the numeric keypad)

    Make sure that NUM LOCK is on before you type the character code.

    For example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down the ALT key and press 0128 on the numeric keypad.

    For more info on using Unicode and ASCII characters, see Insert ASCII or Unicode character codes.

    To insert this macron character:

    Ā

    ā

    Ē

    ē

    Ī

    ī

    Ō

    ō

    Ū

    ū

    Press this:

    Alt+0256

    Alt+0257

    Alt+0274

    Alt+0275

    Alt+0298

    Alt+0299

    Alt+0332

    Alt+0333

    Alt+0362

    Alt+0363

    Insert a Symbol in Microsoft Word

    You can easily insert a special character, fraction, or other symbol in your Word documents.

    The most important thing to understand when inserting symbols, fractions, special characters, or international characters is that the font you use is critical. Not all fonts have the same characters in them. For example, the Elephant font has no fraction characters in it, while Verdana does. As a result it's important to use the right font to find the symbol or character you want.

    Symbol such as currency (¥), music (♫), or check marks (✔)

    1. Click on 'Insert' from the navigation menu.

    2. Click on 'Symbol'.

    3. Choose a symbol from the drop-down menu and it will insert it into your document. If you do not see the symbol you are looking for, then click on 'More Symbols'.
    4. Scroll until you locate the desired symbol. You may need to use the font selector drop-down menu to change the font in order to find the symbol you are looking for. The most commonly used symbols in the are in the 'Segoe UI Symbol' set.
    5. Click on the symbol you want and then click 'Insert'.
    6. Click 'Close'.

    Tip: If you want to make your symbol larger or smaller, select it and use the Font Size setting.

    If you're going to insert the same symbol often, consider setting up AutoCorrect to insert it for you.

    Add Entry to the AutoCorrect List

    To add an entry to the autocorrect list, please follow these directions:
    1. Click on 'File' from the navigation menu and then click on 'Options'.
                

    2. Click on 'Proofing' from the left side bar and then click on 'AutoCorrect Options'.


    3. Click the checkbox next to 'Replace text as you type' so it shows a check.

    4. In the 'Replace box', type a letter you need it to always replace with an accent.
    5. In the 'With' box, type the letter with the accent.
    6. Click 'Add'. After it has been added to the list, add any other accents you want to add and then click 'OK'.
    7. Click 'OK' on the 'Proofing' screen.

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