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Diacritical Marks

  
Name Examples Mac Windows
Accent acute á, é, í, ó, ú, ý, Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý Option + e, the letter CTRL+' (apostrophe), the letter
Accent grave à, è, ì, ò, ù, À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù Option + `, the letter  CTRL+` (accent grave), the letter 
Caret â, ê, î, ô, û Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û  Option + i, the letter  CTRL+^ (caret), the letter
Tilde ã, ñ, õ Ã, Ñ, Õ  Option + n, the letter  CTRL+~ (tilde), the letter
Umlaut ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ  Option + u, the letter CTRL+: (colon), the letter
Cedilla ç, Ç  Option + c or C CTRL+, (comma), c or C
AE ligature æ, Æ  Option + ' (apostrophe) CTRL+&, a or A
OE ligature œ, Œ  Option + q CTRL+&, o or O
Small sz (ligature, German) ß  Option + s CTRL+&, s
Inverted exclamation point ¿ Option + ? ALT+CTRL+?
Inverted question mark ¡  Option + 1 ALT+CTRL+!

 

 
 
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