Diacritical Marks in Microsoft Word
A diacritic is a glyph (an element of writing) that is added to a letter for clarity in meaning. Diacritical marks may appear above or below a letter, or in some other position such as within the letter or between two letters.
The main use of diacritical marks in the Latin-derived
alphabet is to change the sound value of the letter to which they are
added. English is one of the few European languages that does not
have many words that contain diacritical marks.
For keyboard shortcuts in which two or more
keys are pressed simultaneously, the keys to press are separated by a
plus sign in Microsoft Word. For keyboard
shortcuts in which you press one key immediately followed by another
key, the keys to press are separated by a comma.
To type a lowercase character using a key combination
that includes the SHIFT key, hold down the CTRL+SHIFT+symbol
keys simultaneously, and then release them before typing the letter.
| To type this symbol | Press these keys |
| à, è, ì, ò, ù, À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù | CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter |
| á, é, í, ó, ú, ý, Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý | CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), the letter |
| â, ê, î, ô, û. Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û | CTRL+SHIFT+^ (CARET), the letter |
| ã, ñ, õ, Ã, Ñ, Õ | CTRL+SHIFT+~ (TILDE), the letter |
| ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ, Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ | CTRL+SHIFT+: (COLON), the letter |
| å, Å | CTRL+SHIFT+@, a or A |
| æ, Æ | CTRL+SHIFT+&, a or A |
| œ, Œ | CTRL+SHIFT+&, o or O |
| ç, Ç | CTRL+, (COMMA), c or C |
| ð, Ð | CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), d or D |
| ø, Ø | CTRL+/, o or O |
| ¿ | ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+? |
| ¡ | ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+! |
| ß | CTRL+SHIFT+&, s |
| ANSI character for the specified ANSI or decimal character code. To insert the Euro currency symbol into See also ASCII Codes |
ALT+character code |