Ms Word provides multiple ways to type accents over letter. However, in this blog we will cover a method that is the easiest and fastest of all.
Following table describes the keyboard shortcut to type any accents.
Note: Keys that needs to be pressed simultaneously are separated by + (plus) sign, and keys needs to be pressed immediately after another are separated by , (comma sign).
For e.g. To get è you should press Ctrl + ` , release and then type e.
Keyboard shortcut for Accents
| 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 | 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 |