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Diacritics for Microsoft Word (PC)
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.
(Additionally, be sure that diacritics are turned on in Microsoft Word. Do this by clicking on the 'Tools' menu and then choosing 'Options'. Click on the 'Complex Scripts' tab and select the 'Diacritics' check box.)
| Left pointing guillemet: | « |
Control + ~ , Shift + .
(I.E. Press and hold the control key, press the tilde key then release them simultaneously. Then press and hold the shift key, press the period key then release them simultaneously.) |
| Right pointing guillemet: | » | Control + ~ , Shift + . |
| Inverted exclamation mark: | ¡ | Control + Alt + Shift + 1 |
| Inverted question mark: | ¿ | Control + Alt + Shift + ? |
| Eszett (ß): | ß | Control + Shift + & , S |
| Latin small letter 'ç': | ç | Control + , , C |
| Small 'ø': | ø | Control + ? , O |
| Latin small ligature 'œ': | œ | Control + Shift + & , O |
| Latin small letter 'æ': | æ | Control + Shift + & , A |
| A with ring (Å): | å | Control + @ , A or a |
| Slashed O (Ø): | ø | Control + / , O or o |
| Acute accent (á, é, í, ó, ú, ý): | ´ | Control + " , Any vowel key |
| Grave accent (à, è, ì, ò, ù): | ` | Control + ~ , Any vowel key |
| Umlaut (ä, ï, ö, ü): | ¨ | Control + Shift + : , Any character |
| Tilde (Ñ, ñ): | ~ | Control + Shift + ~ , Any character |
| Circumflex (â, ê, ô): | ˆ | Control + Shift + ^ , Any character |
