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Making Accent Marks


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Making Accent Marks on the Internet
é (alt)130 ê (alt)136 ë (alt)137 è (alt)138
à (alt) 133 â (alt) 131 á (alt) 160 ç (alt)135
ù (alt)151 û (alt)150 ú (alt) 163 Ç (alt)128
ï (alt)139 î (alt)140 í (alt) 161 ñ (alt) 164
ô (alt)147 ó (alt) 162 « (alt)174 » (alt)175
¿ (alt) 168


To make one of the accent marks above, hold down the "alt" key and type the number on the number pad on the right of the keyboard, then release the alt key.

Making Accent Marks In MS Word
à, è, ù CTRL + `(ACCENT GRAVE), the letter
é CTRL + '(APOSTROPHE), the letter
â, ê, î, ô, û CTRL + SHIFT + ^(CARET), the letter
ë, ï, ä, ö, ü CTRL + SHIFT + :(COLON), the letter
ç, Ç CTRL + ,(COMMA), the letter


Making accent marks in MS Word is different from making them on the Internet. Hold down the "Control" key (CTRL) and type the "Accent grave" for example, then release and type the letter over which you want the accent mark. Then release.