Typing Accents In Word For Mac
Question: Q: Accented characters in Word for Mac: Option-i doesn't work I am trying to type an accented character (e.g., a circumflex over a letter). Everything I find online says type and hold 'OPTION-i', release, then type the letter, but it doesn't work. Modern versions of Mac OS offer an exceptionally fast way to type letter accents, and it’s quite easy to use. For typing most accents on Mac you will use either a sustained keypress, or you can use the option / alt key and another modifier key to get the accent or diacritic on the desired letter.
How To Type Accents In Word
I’ve asked my husband to write a post about it as he is the one who helps me out with all the tech parts! (For myself, I use a French keyboard.) Here’s the easiest way to type French accents on Word With the following method, you won’t need to memorise a heap of random numbers to use ALT key “shortcuts”, and you won’t need to change your keyboard to a French AZERTY keyboard and then have to learn where all the keys are again. (Yay!) The only catch is that it only works in Microsoft Word, but you can then copy and paste your text and use it in the application you want. We have only used it in Windows, and have not tested it on a Apple Mac, but the process might be similar (leave a comment below if you’ve tested in on an Mac!) Basic Recipe The basic recipe for each accent is as follows.
Press and hold the Space bar or symbol keys (like hyphen or equals) to make these characters repeat in most apps. In apps where accented characters aren't used (like Calculator, Grapher, or Terminal), letter and number keys also repeat when you press and hold them. If a character isn't repeating, check the Keyboard pane of System Preferences to make sure that the Key Repeat slider isn't set to Off.
The OP will decide what font works for her, but we must keep in mind that, if the text is math or stats, then it needs to be Italic, and Lucida Grande is sans serif. Unfortunately, it's not easy to find a font properly updated to support the sequence, especially in the Italic variation. I would suggest Palatino; and are two free fonts which might work. > An equation editor may be preferable for the best appearance. Unfortunately, there is no optimum solution. An equation editor will insert the caracter as an image; the shortcomings of using fields are obvious; and the Unicode solution, which is best for compatibility and future use, comes up against fonts which have not been properly updated. I have to say it, for good quality typography under the circumstances, the magic word is.
Here's how to type a few of the trickier ones (check out the image of the Spanish Mac keyboard below to follow along.) • To type an apostrophe ( '), press the key immediately to the right of the key for the number 0. • To type a question mark (?), press Shift, then the key immediately to the right of the key for the number 0. • To type double quotes ( ' ), press Shift, then the key for the number 2. • To type a semicolon (; ) press Shift, then the comma (,) key.
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> Then select US Extended Good of you to mention this layout. I prefer Hex input, but I'm sure many, if not most, users would go for US Extended. About using Word's fields, I forgot to mention that fiddling with sizes and spacings will be necessary; the caret is probably best formatted as superscript. > Some fonts will look better than others for such a combination > (try Lucida Grande).
> Option-i does work on my computer for vowels. (Built-in > keyboard). Nothing to do with your keyboard. Btw, you still haven't told us what character you're trying to insert. > I guess I will have to use the Equation Editor.
Instead, you need to follow the long-press technique on the letter c and it’ll appear as the third option. Again, without letting go of the c, tap the 3 key and you’re golden. If there are other shortcuts you want to know about, message me in the comments and I’ll add more. More on Forbes Follow me on Twitter. You can read all of my Forbes articles on.
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