Upside-Down Exclamation Mark ¡: Option + 1.Spanish / French Quotation Marks «»: Option + \ (start), Shift + Option + \ (end).Ordinal Number ª: Option + 0 (masculine), Option + 9 (feminine).Nordic A Ring å: Shift + Option + A (uppercase), Option + A (lowercase).Nordic O Slash ø: Shift + Option + O (uppercase), Option + O (lowercase).OE Ligature œ: Shift + Option + Q (uppercase), Option + Q (lowercase).French C Cedille ç: Shift + Option + C (uppercase), Option + C (lowercase).For example, to add the acute accent to the letter O, hold down Option + E, release those keys, then type the letter O. To use one of the above, hold down the keys shown, release, and then type your letter. There are also several keyboard shortcuts you can use to add letters with accents as well as foreign characters. You can also see Related Characters to the right and add those you believe you’ll use most to the Favorites section by clicking Add to Favorites on the right. You’ll notice that the accented letter options include upper and lower case. Select the letter you need and then drag it into the correct place in your application. Once you have the Character Viewer open, select Latin from the left side and then scroll down to the Accented Latin Characters section. You can also open it with a keyboard shortcut. With the application open that you are tying in, click Edit and select Emojis & Symbols. You can open the Character Viewer from the menu bar. You can access this tool in two different ways.
Use the Character ViewerĪnother macOS feature you can use to accent letters is the Character Viewer. Then, either use your trackpad or mouse to make your selection or type the corresponding number that displays. The quickest and easiest way to insert an accent is by holding down the letter you need to accent.įor example, if you hold down the letter E on your keyboard, you will see a pop-up appear with the accent options.
This tutorial shows you how to type accents on a Mac keyboard. Luckily, you have a couple of different ways to pop those accents into your writing. In French, all the vowels can have an accent circonflexe.Whether you frequently communicate with people from around the world or need to compose a writing that is correct for the particular language, you likely need to use accents when typing your letters. Let go of those keys and strike the letter that you want to take the accent. Type the circumflex accent, which appears above the numeral "6" key, by holding down the "CTRL" and "SHIFT" keys while you press the "6" key. In French, only the letters a, e, and u can have an accent grave.ģ. Release those keys, then type the letter you want to place an accent on. Hold down the "CTRL" key and press the grave accent key. On most keyboards, the grave key is to the left of the numeral "1" key near the top of the keyboard. Type the grave accent, a diagonal slash that angles above and to the left of the letter, using the "CRTL" and grave keys. In French, only the letter e can have an accent aigu.Ģ. Let go of those keys, and then type the letter on which you want to place the acute accent. Type the acute accent, a diagonal slash angled up and to the right that appears above the letter, by holding down the "CRTL" key while you type the apostrophe key.