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How to add accent marks on word for mac: using Unicode and ASCII codes



When you see the type of accent you'd like to add, just type that number and the accent will be added to the letter. You can also use the left and right arrow keys (and enter) to select which one you want.




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This method works well if you don't mind the time it takes for that little accent menu to pop up. But it doesn't always include all accents in every language. And it does slow down your flow, especially if you're typing a whole article in another language. Whew, that's a lot of added time.


The Option key helps you add all kinds of accent and diacritic marks to your text. Just press and hold the Option key (the same as the Alt key), then press the "e" key, and then release them and press the letter key to which you'd like to add the accent.


When you quote from texts in foreign languages, you will frequently need to type accent marks. Some common accent marks are the acute accent (e.g., on the e in the French word éclair), the umlaut (on the a in the German Fräulein), and the tilde (on the n in the Spanish piñata). Accent marks appear in some English words too, usually those that have been adopted from other languages, such as déjà vu.


The most straightforward way of typing accent marks in Word is to use the Insert tab to call up a list of special symbols. This approach will work with any kind of keyboard, whether you are using a Mac or a PC.


If your keyboard has a number pad (a rectangular grid containing the numerals 0 to 9), you can generate accent marks and other special characters by typing a capital U followed by a combination of numerals on the number pad, or by a combination of letters and numerals. These unique combinations of numbers, or numbers and letters, are known as unicodes. While Word itself does not provide a list of unicodes, you can find many such lists online. One that contains a limited, but useful, list can be found here.


If your keyboard does not have a number pad, you can use various other combinations of keys to generate accent marks. Most of these combinations begin with the control key or the alt key. Microsoft provides a list of shortcuts here. For instance, to generate an e with an acute accent (é), hold down the control key and then, simultaneously, press the apostrophe key. Then, release those two keys and quickly press the e key. To generate a capital E with an acute accent, hold down the shift key at the same time you hold down the control and apostrophe keys, then release the three keys and press the e key.


On a Mac, you can use a nifty feature to quickly generate accent marks. Simply hold down the key of the letter you need to add an accent mark to, and a little window will pop up with a list of accents to choose from. Each choice is given a number, and by typing the number after releasing the letter key, the letter with the chosen accent will appear. You can also click on the chosen accent mark to get it to appear. To create an e with an acute accent, for instance, hold down the e key until the window pops up above it, and then press the number 2 key, which corresponds to the acute accent mark; or, just click directly on the é in the window.


The hold-down Mac shortcut to open a choice of accent marks doesn't work in OS 11.1 Big Sur, or at least not with Word for Mac v16.44. Slowing down Key Repeat in Keyboard on Systems Preferences doesn't help, and neither does turning off Key Repeat.


Simply press and hold the letter to which you want to apply the accent and select it in the pop-up menu. You can either move your cursor to the letter you want and click or press the corresponding number on your keyboard.


You will notice that some keys will turn orange and show accents. These keys are designated for typing accented characters, and work by pressing that key while Option is held, then release Option and type the letter you wish to apply the accent to.


If you are having trouble working out which key types which symbol, you can instead hold Option on the physical keyboard, then click the required symbol or accent on the on-screen version to type it into the document.


Another way of typing symbols is to hold down the key for a few seconds to bring up a list of accented versions and related symbols that can be typed. While still holding the key down, press the number next to the accented version of the letter you want typed, and release all keys.


This method is useful if you only want to stick to the most-used accents, which does limit its usability if more exotic symbols are required, but it also doesn't require any memory of where accent keys or specific symbols are located, as with the Option key method.


Place the cursor where you want to type the character, and press Command-Control-Space. This action will tend to bring up a smaller box with a search bar at the top and a long list of emoji and other symbols that are not accents, except for any previously selected symbols that can appear in the Frequently Used section at the top.


Next to the search box is a small icon, the same one that appears in the menu bar for Method 1. Click the icon to bring up the main Character Viewer window. Select Latin on the left to bring up the accented letters list, and click on the one you want to insert into the document.


The circonflexe can appear over any vowel. It does not significantly alter the pronunciation. There is a movement to remove it from the language, but it is still important to recognize it and know which words include it.


Next, open KeyCaps. A little keyboard will appear on the screen. Hold down the Option key until a series of accent marks appears. Click on the French accent mark you wish to type, then type the letter that it modifies.


Another option for typing French accents in Windows is to add an alternate keyboard layout. The options available for typing in French are International Keyboard, French Keyboard, and Canadian French Keyboard.


However, the typing of the accents themselves is easier on the French and Canadian French Keyboards. On the French keyboard, most accent marks are available as keys. On the Canadian French, however, fewer are available as keys, but the codes are simpler.


Typing Spanish Accents Easily: Although most people memorize codes, I recommend Andrew Lu's free genius download called Spanish Accents CapsLock which makes any Spanish character with a push of the tab or the caps lock key!Just download the tiny 417 kb .exe file.For occasional use, place it anywhere in your computer. Make a shortcut to it, and place it in your desktop or taskbar. Whenever you need to type accents in Spanish, just click on the shortcut, hold Caps Lock key, and type the letter.For daily use, place the .exe file in your Start folder. This way, it will be running from the start (only 1,668 memory use).


Programming Spanish Characters and Spanish Accent Marks on WordIt is also possible to program Microsoft Word to use a key such as the ALT with the letter or symbol to do the same thing. Go to the Insert menu and select Symbol, highlight the symbol that you want to program, such as Á (capital A with accent). Then select the Shortcut Key and "press new shortcut key". The "current keys" will tell you what the current shortcut is to that key. Since I use very few shortcuts on my keyboard, I have assigned ALT + n to give me ñ and ATL + o to give me ó (accented o) etc.You will still need the above codes because this programming only works in Word, of course, you can always create your documents in Word and then cut and paste them into e-mail and other types of documents.Suppress the Red and Green Underline in WordIf you are using MS Word and the wavy underlines check spelling (red underline) and check grammar (green underline) clutter your document, while you are typing in Spanish, you can temporarily hide them as follows:1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab.2. Select the Hide spelling errors in this document and Hide grammatical errors in this document check boxes.


Gmail also supports French spell check. To use this, click on the drop-down menu for spell check in an email and select Francais. You may still have correctly spelled words appear misspelled depending on your browser settings.


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While the French language utilizes roman characters, the French accents often perplex people when it comes to typing them on a computer. Fortunately, however, the ability to type the accents is built into macOS (and it predecessor OSX), so you can type them with no configuration or extra software required.


This article will explain to you, step-by-step, how to type all of the different French accents on your MacBook Pro - and although the article was written for MacBook Pro users you can type French accents the same way on most modern Macintosh computers running macOS or OSX.


Most French accents are typed on a MacBook Pro by holding down "option", pressing another key that correlates to the sort of accent you want to type, then hitting the letter that you want to have an accent.


For example, if you wanted to type "ù" then you'd press "`" while holding down "option", then hit "u". Once you get the hang of that, here's instructions on how to type all the different types of French accents on your Mac: 2ff7e9595c


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