Adding the US Interantional QWERTY Keyboard to Easily Type Accent Marks
If you are frequently typing letters with accent marks than adding the US Interantional keyboard will allow you to type accents much faster. To add this keyboard, please follow these directions:
1. Click on the 'Start' (Microsoft Windows Icon).
2. Click on 'Settings'.
3. Click on 'Time & Language'.
4. Click on 'Language' from the left side bar.
5. Under the 'Preferred Language' section, click on 'English (United States)' and a new menu will appear.
6. Click on 'Options'.
7. Under the 'Keyboards' section click 'Add a Keyboard'.
8. Click on 'United States-International QWERTY'.
9. Click the back arrow in the upper left-hand corner.
10. Click on the 'Keyboard' icon.
11. Click the drop-down arrow in the 'Override for default input method' section and select 'United States-International QWERTY'.
You can now use this keyboard to type accents easily. The following table shows the keyboard combinations that you can use to create accent marks.
Press this key | Then press this key | Resulting character |
'(APOSTROPHE) | c, e, y, u, i, o, a | ç, é, ý, ú, í, ó, á |
"(QUOTATION MARK) | e, y, u, i, o, a | ë, ÿ, ü, ï, ö, ä |
`(ACCENT GRAVE) | e, u, i, o, a | è, ù, ì, ò, à |
~(TILDE) | o, n, a | õ, ñ, ã |
^(CARET) | e, u, i, o, a | ê, û, î, ô, â |