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How do I type special characters and accents on the iPad Pro smart keyboard? For example, I'd like to write "Róisín Murphy" with the accents in the name as shown here. But I can't find a way to do that. Isn't there like a software keyboard that I can pull up on screen for those?
Thank you.
iPad Pro Wi-Fi, iOS 9.2, With Smart Keyboard
flamingolaw wrote:
I have installed the Italian keyboard
If you go to Settings > General > Keyboards > Hardware Keyboards, then make sure the one for Italian is set to Italian instead of automatic or anything else, your hardware keyboard should act like an Italian one:
Ok - the grave accent, you get by pressing option + ` and then typing the character you want.
HI did anyone helped you before
m0thr4 wrote:
Unfortunately, both of your links above simply redirect to the discussions page... and on an iPad Pro, I cannot select them either!
That's really odd. Try
http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/codemac.html
(it may also not work. Forums are broken at the moment for this function)
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Thanks - I actually typed it out by hand as it appears and got to the site... which happens to be a very old site I've already had bookmarked for several years!
😀
EDIT: but it's absolutely the definitive site for those accent codes, and much more. For anyone still struggling with the link, you can try Googling "Macintosh Accent Codes" and look for the link from Penn State University.
I can answer you very easily for the accent, grave, tilde, umlaut, cedilla, and circumflex.
For the accent, hit option e, then type your letter.
For the grave, hit option grave (key left of number 1), then type your letter.
For the tilde, hit option n, then type your letter.
For the umlaut, hit option u, they type your letter.
For the cedilla, hit option c.
For the circumflex, hit option i, then type your letter.
IN ALL THESE CASES, WHEN I SAY TO HIT THE OPTION E, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HOLD DOWN THE OPTION KEY AND AT THE SAME TIME TYPE THE LETTER AT THE SAME TIME.
This is the only way other than dislodging than dislodging the iPad from the keyboard slot and use the internal keyboard.
Happy typing and hope this helps.
Richardd
FFor info on what Extended ABC can do, see
http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2016/07/os-x-abc-extended-keyboard-layout.html
this link explains it well ipad - How do I access special characters on Apple's Smart Keyboard? - Ask Different
Thank you. I have installed the Italian keyboard but it would not allow me to type the proper e. I hope this works.
Alicia
Just keep pressing on the letter key and a menu of commonlya accentuated letters appears.
Bernard
bportier wrote:
Just keep pressing on the letter key and a menu of commonlya accentuated letters appears.
Bernard
Does that really work for you using a hardware keyboard with an iPad?
Just keep pressing on the letter key and a menu of commonlya accentuated letters appears.
Bernard
You are right. It does not work on the hardware keyboard!
It works. Great! Thanks.
In fact it allows to type both in pinyin and in Chinese characters with the same keyboard.
Awesome.
Bernard
Special characters and accents on the smart keyboard?
