Special Letters on a Mac

How do you type letters with accents or umlauts?

Posted on Oct 11, 2021 8:35 PM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Oct 11, 2021 9:27 PM

debrajdiaz wrote:

How do you type letters with accents or umlauts?

Enter characters with accent marks on Mac - Apple Support

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Oct 11, 2021 9:27 PM in response to debrajdiaz

debrajdiaz wrote:

How do you type letters with accents or umlauts?

Enter characters with accent marks on Mac - Apple Support

Oct 12, 2021 1:47 AM in response to debrajdiaz

Use ALT key whole you are pyping.

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