The Software Tips &
Tricks articles,
Inserting
Special Characters & Symbols
and
Inserting Accents
include
codes for inserting special characters such as ¢, £, and ÷
and inserting accents such as ù, ç, è into most
Windows based products (Excel,
Word, WordPerfect, email packages, Publisher etc.)
This
tip includes
an alternative for inserting accents
into
WORD:
keyboard shortcuts.
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Place cursor where
you want the accent inserted.
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Type the keyboard
shortcut as listed in chart below
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Type the character,
upper or lower case, depending on requirement.
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Word will
automatically insert the letter with an accent
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Accent |
Sample |
Keyboard Shortcut |
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Acute |
é |
Ctrl + ' (apostrophe) |
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Grave |
À |
Ctrl + ` (apostrophe under the tilde "~") |
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Tilde |
ñ |
Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde) |
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Circumflex |
î |
Ctrl + Shift + ^ |
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Dieresis |
ÿ |
Ctrl + Shift + : (colon) |
Caution:
If a letter
"normally" is not accented, Word will not place the accent on the letter.
For example: Pressing Ctrl + ' followed by
b will not add an accent to the letter
b.
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Published in
Networking Today, June 2002.
