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If you don't want to install a French keyboard, either click Insert-Symbol or use these keyboard shortcuts:

For all PCs:

• é: Press Ctrl and type "'" (apostrophe). Release both keys and type "e".
• à-è-ù: Press Ctrl and type "`" key (left-hand side, top of the keyboard). Release both keys and type "e", "a", or "u".
• â-ê-î-ô-û: Press Ctrl and Shift and type "^" key. Release both keys and type "a", "e", "i", "o", or "u".
• ç: Press Ctrl, and type "," key. Release both keys and type "c".
• ä-ë-ï-ü: Press Ctrl, Shift, and type ":" key. Release both keys and type "a", "e", "i", or "u".
• œ: Press Ctrl, Shift, and type "&" key. Release both keys and type "o".

For all Macs:

• é: Press option and type "e". Release both keys and type "e".
• à-è-ù: Press option and type "`" key (left-hand side, top of the keyboard). Release both keys and type "e", "a", or "u".
• â-ê-î-ô-û: Press option and type "i" key. Release both keys and type "a", "e", "i", "o", or "u".
• ä-ë-ï-ü: Press option and type "u" key. Release both keys and type "a", "e", "i", or "u".
• ç: Press option and type "c".
• œ: Press option and type "q".
• «: Press option and type "|" key (right below the delete key).
• »: Press shift + option and type "|" key (right below the delete key).

How to Type Spanish Letters and Accents (á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, ñ, ¿, ¡)

For all PCs:

There are two ways you can insert single characters into your text on a PC.

1. In Office for Windows: For accented vowels: Press Ctrl + ‘, then the vowel (ctrl + ' + a = á)

For Ñ: Press Ctrl + ~, then the letter n (ctrl + ~ + n = ñ)

2. The second way is using the ASCII code, which is a code made up of the ALT key + a three-digit number using the keypad to the right of your keyboard, NOT the number keys on the top row:

á = Alt + 0225

é = Alt + 0233

í = Alt + 0237

ó = Alt + 0243

ú = Alt + 0250

ñ = Alt + 0241

ü = Alt + 0252

¡ = Alt + 0161

¿ = Alt + 0191

For all Macs:

While holding down the Option key, type the letter, then release those keys and type the letter that you want the accent to appear on:

Opt + e, then a = á

Opt + e, then e = é

Opt + e, then i = í

Opt + e, then o = ó

Opt + e, then u = ú

For the ñ, hold down the Option key while you type the n, then type n again.

Opt + n, then n = ñ

To type an umlaut over the u, hold down the Option key while pressing the u key then type u again.

Opt + u, then u = ü

*To type the upside-down punctuation marks press the following keys all at once.

Opt + 1 = ¡

Opt + shift + ? = ¿