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Macintosh Option Codes for Accented Letters
ACCENT	SAMPLE	TEMPLATE	NOTES
Acute	ó Ó	Option+E, V
Circumflex	ô Ô	Option+I, V
Grave	ò Ò	Option+`, V
Tilde	õ Õ	Option+N, V	Only works with "n,N,o,O,a,A"
Umlaut	ö Ö	Option+U, V

Example 1: To input the letter ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type lowercase o.

Example 2: To input the letter Ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type capital O.

Macintosh Option Codes for Foreign Characters
SYMBOL	NAME	CODE
¡	Upside-down exclamation mark	Option+1
¿	Upside-down question mark	Shift+Option+?
Ç,ç	French C cedille (caps/lowecase)	Shift+Option+C Option+C
Œ,œ	OE ligature (caps/lowecase)	Shift+Option+Q Option+Q
ß	German Sharp/Double S	Option+S
º, ª	Masculine Ordinal Number (Span/Ital/Portuguese) Feminine Ordinal Number	Option+0 Option+9
Ø,ø	Nordic O slash (caps/lowecase)	Shift+Option+O Option+O
Å,å	Nordic A ring (caps/lowecase)	Shift+Option+A Option+A
Æ,æ	AE ligature (caps/lowecase)	Shift+Option+' Option+'
« »	Spanish/French quotation marks	Option+\ Shift+Option+\

Example 1: To input French ç (Option+C), hold down the Option, then the C key. The ç will appear.

Example 2: To input French Ç (Shift+Option+C), hold down the Shift key, then the Option key,then the C key. The ç will appear.

On a PC:

Hold down the ALT key and type the number code below for the desired character. When you release the ALT key, the accented letter or Spanish character will appear.

CHARACTER ANSI CODE ASCII CODE

á Alt + 0225 Alt + 160

é Alt + 0233 Alt + 130

í Alt + 0237 Alt + 161

ó Alt + 0243 Alt + 162

ú Alt + 0250 Alt + 163

ñ Alt + 0241 Alt + 164

¿ Alt +0191 Alt + 168

¡ Alt + 0161 Alt + 173

É Alt + 0201 Alt + 144

Á Alt + 0193

Í Alt + 0205

Ó Alt + 0211

Ú Alt + 0218

Ñ Alt + 0209 Alt + 165

Ü Alt + 0220 Alt +154

ü Alt + 0252 Alt + 129

ç Alt + 0231

Ç Alt + 0199 Alt + 128

« Alt + 0171

» Alt + 0187

KEY SHORTCUT KEY SHORTCUT

À Ctrl+`, Shift+A à Ctrl+`, a

Á Ctrl+', Shift+A á Ctrl+', a

Ã Ctrl+~, Shift+A ã Ctrl+~, a

Ä Ctrl+:, Shift+A ä Ctrl+:, a

È Ctrl+`, Shift+E è Ctrl+`, e

É Ctrl+', Shift+E é Ctrl+', e

Ë Ctrl+:, Shift+E ë Ctrl+:, e

Ì Ctrl+`, Shift+I ì Ctrl+`, i

Í Ctrl+', Shift+I í Ctrl+', i

Ï Ctrl+:, Shift+I ï Ctrl+:, i

Ñ Ctrl+~, Shift+N ñ Ctrl+~, n

Ò Ctrl+`, Shift+O ò Ctrl+`, o

Ó Ctrl+', Shift+O ó Ctrl+', o

Ö Ctrl+:, Shift+O ö Ctrl+:, o

Ù Ctrl+`, Shift+U ù Ctrl+`, u

Ú Ctrl+', Shift+U ú Ctrl+', u

Ü Ctrl+:, Shift+U ü Ctrl+:, u