Keyboard shortcuts offer a fast solution
There are more accents with the US Extended. Theses differences may pertain to other language keyboards e. Irish , but I haven't tried them. I like to use option-v for "? The US Extended keyboard types the caron "?
Typing Spanish Accents and Punctuation on a Mac
And option-shift-k is "? I hope these examples will display correctly…. Just as a note, some of these are country-specific. There are a few others. Rob Nightingale.
Apple OS X Keyboards
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Read our privacy policy. Nice, comprehensive article, Angela.
How to type symbols and letters with accent marks
Luckily, you have a couple of different ways to pop those accents into your writings. This tutorial shows you how to type accents on a Mac keyboard.
The quickest and easiest way to insert an accent is by holding down the letter you need to accent. For example, if you hold down the letter E on your keyboard, you will see a pop-up appear with the accent options. Then, either use your trackpad or mouse to make your selection, or type the corresponding number that displays.
Mac keyboard symbol shortcuts
Another macOS feature you can use to accent letters is the Character Viewer. You can access this tool two different ways. You can open the Character Viewer from the menu bar. You can also open it with a keyboard shortcut. Once you have the Character Viewer open, select Latin from the left side and then scroll down to the Accented Latin Characters section. There are also several keyboard shortcuts you can use to add letters with accents as well as foreign characters. To use one of the above, hold down the keys shown, release, and then type your letter.
