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Typing Diacritics And Special Characters
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Microsoft English US-International Keyboard
Undergraduate Studies
Type International and Special Characters using the right <Alt> key or the following modi er
keys: Apostrophe(‘), Accent Grave(`), Quotation Mark(“), Tilde(~), and Circum ex(^). To type
just the modi er key by itself, type the <Spacebar> following the modi er key. Press and hold
the right <ALT> key then press the keys <shown in red> to make the special characters:
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Keyboard Help – Typing
Diacritics and Special
Characters
Microsoft Standard English
(US101)
áéíóú
<Right Alt> a e i o u
ÁÉÍÓÚ
<Right Alt> A E I O U
©
<Right Alt> c
Copyright symbol
Microsoft Keyboard Common
Shortcut Keys
ñÑ
<Right Alt> n or N
Tilde
Macintosh
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Windows
Microsoft English (USInternational)
®
<Right Alt> r
Registered trademark symbol
æÆ
<Right Alt> z or Z
Ligature
¨
<Right Alt> “
Umlaut (dieresis)
´
<Right Alt> ‘
Acute ( ‘ = apostrophe)
ðÐ
<Right Alt> d or D
Eth
øØ
<Right Alt> l or L
O slash
µ
<Right Alt> m
Mu
ß
<Right Alt> s
Esszett (sz ligature)
þÞ
<Right Alt> t or T
Thorn
åÅ
<Right Alt> w or W
A ring
üÜ
<Right Alt> y or Y
öÖ
<Right Alt> p or P
äÄ
<Right Alt> q or Q
¢
Alt><Shift>c
Cent
§
<Right Alt><Shift> s
Section mark
¡
<Right Alt> 1
Inverted Exclamation mark
²
<Right Alt> 2
Superscript ²
³
<Right Alt> 3
Superscript ³
¤
<Right Alt> 4
General currency symbol
€
<Right Alt> 5
Euro currency symbol
¼
<Right Alt> 6
One fourth
½
<Right Alt> 7
One half
¾
<Right Alt> 8
Three fourths
‘
<Right Alt> 9
Left single quote
’
<Right Alt> 0
Right single quote
¹
<Right Alt> !
Superscript ¹
£
<Right Alt> $
Pound sterling
¥
<Right Alt> –
Yen
×
<Right Alt> =
Multiply sign
÷
<Right Alt> +
Divide sign
«
<Right Alt> [
Left guillemet
»
<Right Alt> ]
Right guillemet
¬
<Right Alt> \
Not symbol
¦
<Right Alt> |
Broken vertical bar
¶
<Right Alt> ;
Paragraph (pilcrow)
°
<Right Alt> :
Degree sign
çÇ
<Right Alt> , <
C cedilla
¿
<Right Alt> /
Inverted question mark
Press the keys shown in red sequentially to make the special character:
çÇ
‘c ‘C
C cedilla ( ‘ = apostrophe)
áéíóúý
‘a ‘e ‘i ‘o ‘u ‘y
Acute ( ‘ = apostrophe)
ÁÉÍÓÚÝ
‘A ‘E ‘I ‘O ‘U ‘Y
‘
‘ <Spacebar>
Apostrophe
äëïöüÿ
“a “e “i “o “u “y
Umlaut (dieresis)
Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ
“A “E “I “O “U “Y
¨
<Alt Shift “> <Spacebar>
Umlaut
“
” <Spacebar>
Quotation
àèìòù
`a `e `i `o `u
Grave ( ` = accent grave)
ÀÈÌÒÙ
`A `E `I `O `U
`
` <Spacebar>
Grave ( ` = accent grave)
ãñõÃÑÕ
~a ~n ~o ~A ~N ~O
Tilde
~
~ <Spacebar>
Tilde
âêîôû
^a ^e ^i ^o ^u
Circum ex
^
^ <Spacebar>
Circum ex
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