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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
Left pointing guillemet: « Alt + 174

(I.E. Press and hold the Alt key, then press 1, then 7, then 4, on the number pad.)

Right pointing guillemet: » Alt + 175
Inverted exclamation mark: ¡ Alt + 0161
Inverted question mark: ¿ Alt + 0191
Eszett (Sharp 's'): ß Alt + 0223
Latin letter 'C' with cedilla: Ç ç Alt + 0199
Alt + 0231
Scandinavian letter Ø: Ø ø Alt + 0216
Alt + 0248
Latin small ligature 'œ': œ Alt + 0156
Latin small letter 'æ': æ Alt + 0230
Umlaut: Ü ü Alt + 0220
Alt + 0252
Tilde: Ñ ñ Alt + 0209
Alt + 0241
Acute accents
Acute accent: Á Á á Alt + 0193
Alt + 0225
Acute accent: É É é Alt + 0201
Alt + 0233
Acute accent: Í Í
í
Alt + 0205
Alt + 0237
Acute accent: Ó Ó ó Alt + 0211
Alt + 0243
Acute accent: Ú Ú ú Alt + 0218
Alt + 0250
Grave accents
Grave accent: À À à Alt + 0192
Alt + 0224
Grave accent: È È è Alt + 0200
Alt + 0232
Grave accent: Ì Ì
ì
Alt + 0204
Alt + 0236
Grave accent: Ò Ò ò Alt + 0210
Alt + 0242
Grave accent: Ù Ù ù Alt + 0217
Alt + 0249
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