German Umlauts

To make an umlaut, you just type Option/alt plus u, then the letter you want the umlaut to be over.

For more shortcuts, see

http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/diacritics.html

Apple has always had a method of associating accents with their most commonly attached letters.

á é í ó ú are made by typing opt e then the vowel

ä ë ï ö ü are made by typing opt u then the vowel

â ê î ô û are made by typing opt i then the vowel

ñ is made by typing opt n then the letter

There are many more including the Scandinavian å ø which are just the option + the vowel.

The same with ç ß ∂ ƒ µ etc.

Peter

My last name has a german y, ü. On my key-board there is a key with 2 dots. I first press that key and the the u key.