Typing Diacritics for PCs
Instructions: When the keys are separated by the plus (+) sign, press them all in unison to get the desired character. If the two sets of images are separated by a comma (,) press the first set in unison, then press the second set in unison.
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General
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Left pointing guillemet:
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«
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Alt + 174
(I.E. Press and hold the Alt key, then press 1, then 7, then 4, on the number pad.)
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Right pointing guillemet:
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»
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Alt + 175
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Inverted exclamation mark:
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¡
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Alt + 0161
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Inverted question mark:
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¿
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Alt + 0191
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Eszett (Sharp 's'):
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ß
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Alt + 0223
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Latin letter 'C' with cedilla:
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Ç
ç
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Alt + 0199
Alt + 0231
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Scandinavian letter Ø:
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Ø ø
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Alt + 0216
Alt + 0248
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Latin small ligature 'œ':
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œ
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Alt + 0156
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Latin small letter 'æ':
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æ
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Alt + 0230
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Umlaut:
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Ü ü
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Alt + 0220
Alt + 0252
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Tilde:
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Ñ ñ
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Alt + 0209
Alt + 0241
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Acute accents
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Acute accent: Á
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Á á
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Alt + 0193
Alt + 0225
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Acute accent: É
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É é
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Alt + 0201
Alt + 0233
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Acute accent: Í
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Í
í
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Alt + 0205
Alt + 0237
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Acute accent: Ó
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Ó ó
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Alt + 0211
Alt + 0243
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Acute accent: Ú
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Ú ú
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Alt + 0218
Alt + 0250
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Grave accents
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Grave accent: À
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À à
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Alt + 0192
Alt + 0224
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Grave accent: È
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È è
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Alt + 0200
Alt + 0232
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Grave accent: Ì
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Ì ì
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Alt + 0204
Alt + 0236
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Grave accent: Ò
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Ò ò
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Alt + 0210
Alt + 0242
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Grave accent: Ù
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Ù ù
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Alt + 0217
Alt + 0249
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