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Macintosh Option Codes for Accented Letters |
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ACCENT |
SAMPLE |
TEMPLATE |
NOTES |
Acute |
ó Ó |
Option+E, V |
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Circumflex |
ô Ô |
Option+I, V |
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Grave |
ò Ò |
Option+`, V |
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Tilde |
õ Õ |
Option+N, V |
Only works with "n,N,o,O,a,A" |
Umlaut |
ö Ö |
Option+U, V |
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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 |
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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 |
Œ,œ |
OE ligature (caps/lowecase) |
Shift+Option+Q |
ß |
German Sharp/Double S |
Option+S |
º, ª |
Masculine Ordinal Number (Span/Ital/Portuguese) |
Option+0 |
Ø,ø |
Nordic O slash (caps/lowecase) |
Shift+Option+O |
Å,å |
Nordic A ring (caps/lowecase) |
Shift+Option+A |
Æ,æ |
AE ligature (caps/lowecase) |
Shift+Option+' |
« » |
Spanish/French quotation marks |
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
OR
KEY SHORTCUT KEY SHORTCUT
À Ctrl+`, Shift+A à Ctrl+`, a
Á Ctrl+', Shift+A á Ctrl+', a
à 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