When I used the microsoft systym, I can type differents signs with Alt 132 for exemple the letter e with accent aigu, and i can put " on the letter e.
With the apple I cannot type this kind of signs. Does anybody know how to do this.?
iMac
The way I handle special characters is selecting the Character Viewer from the Language icon displayed in the Apple Menu bar on the top right of the screen. From there you can find all kinds of characters including all the accented Latin characters. Select the character you want and hit the Insert button to place the character in your document at the insertion point.
Use the option key é was option e then e. è was option ` then e. If you go to system prefrences>keyboard then check the box to Show Keyboard & Character Viewer in menu bar. Click on the keyboard in the menu bar then show keyboard viewer. Press the option key to view what letters type what when the option key is pressed.
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System Preferences > Language and Text > Input Sources tab. Top of the left column, tick (check) "Keyboard and Character Viewer", Bottom of window next to search field, tick "Show input menu in menu bar"
System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard tab; tick "show keyboard and character viewers in menu bar"
For most purposes there's no need to use character viewer or change input source. All the standard diacritical marks and common symbols can be accessed directly from the standard keyboard. ü is produced by pressing alt (option) + U, release them and type U. Similarly é is alt+e, followed by e.
If you open Keyboard Viewer and press the alt (option) key, the location of the marks will be revealed. Note that five of them are highlighted in orange; these are the ones which can be used with multiple letters (acute, umlaut, gràve, circumflex and tilde)
Shift+Alt will show more.
How can I type accents aigu on the letter e, and trema's etc.
