Please use the following guide to enter diacritic characters within Windows Operating System.
Also known as Accent Characters or International Characters.
Note: Most systems at MPS support diacritic characters, but some do not. Most of our state and federal reporting does not support extended characters. When extended characters are not supported, the ASCII or Latin character equivalent should be used.
Navigate to the keyboard selection menu in the lower right corner and select the international keyboard.
After selecting the international keyboard, common diacritic characters can be typed by selecting the ALT key to the right of the space bar and the letter. For example, <Right ALT> + e types é.
Other characters can be typed by selecting the symbol, then the letter. See a complete list of keystrokes and characters below.
Examples:
' (quote) + e types é.
` (grave) + e types è.
Remember to change your keyboard back to the US keyboard when finished.
Alternative method:
Windows Key + . (period) will display the Emoji Keyboard, then select Symbols and choose your desired symbol
Help with Microsoft Keyboards US-International
Typing Diacritics And Special Characters
Microsoft English US-International Keyboard
Type International and Special Characters using the right <Alt> key or the following modifier keys: Apostrophe(‘), Accent Grave(`), Quotation Mark(“), Tilde(~), and Circumflex(^). To type just the modifier key by itself, type the <Spacebar> following the modifier key. Press and hold the right <ALT> key then press the keys <shown in red> to make the special characters:
| á é í ó ú |
<Right Alt> a e i o u |
Acute |
| Á É Í Ó Ú |
<Right Alt> A E I O U |
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| © |
<Right Alt> c |
Copyright symbol |
| ñ Ñ |
<Right Alt> n or N |
Tilde |
| ® |
<Right Alt> r |
Registered trademark symbol |
| æ Æ |
<Right Alt> z or Z |
Ligature |
| ¨ |
<Right Alt> “ |
Umlaut (dieresis) |
| ´ |
<Right Alt> ‘ |
Acute ( ‘ = apostrophe) |
| ð Ð |
<Right Alt> d or D |
Eth |
| ø Ø |
<Right Alt> l or L |
O slash |
| µ |
<Right Alt> m |
Mu |
| ß |
<Right Alt> s |
Esszett (sz ligature) |
| þ Þ |
<Right Alt> t or T |
Thorn |
| å Å |
<Right Alt> w or W |
A ring |
| ü Ü |
<Right Alt> y or Y |
|
| ö Ö |
<Right Alt> p or P |
|
| ä Ä |
<Right Alt> q or Q |
|
| ¢ |
Alt><Shift>c |
Cent |
| § |
<Right Alt><Shift> s |
Section mark |
| ¡ |
<Right Alt> 1 |
Inverted Exclamation mark |
| ² |
<Right Alt> 2 |
Superscript ² |
| ³ |
<Right Alt> 3 |
Superscript ³ |
| ¤ |
<Right Alt> 4 |
General currency symbol |
| € |
<Right Alt> 5 |
Euro currency symbol |
| ¼ |
<Right Alt> 6 |
One fourth |
| ½ |
<Right Alt> 7 |
One half |
| ¾ |
<Right Alt> 8 |
Three fourths |
| ‘ |
<Right Alt> 9 |
Left single quote |
| ’ |
<Right Alt> 0 |
Right single quote |
| ¹ |
<Right Alt> ! |
Superscript ¹ |
| £ |
<Right Alt> $ |
Pound sterling |
| ¥ |
<Right Alt> – |
Yen |
| × |
<Right Alt> = |
Multiply sign |
| ÷ |
<Right Alt> + |
Divide sign |
| « |
<Right Alt> [ |
Left guillemet |
| » |
<Right Alt> ] |
Right guillemet |
| ¬ |
<Right Alt> \ |
Not symbol |
| ¦ |
<Right Alt> | |
Broken vertical bar |
| ¶ |
<Right Alt> ; |
Paragraph (pilcrow) |
| ° |
<Right Alt> : |
Degree sign |
| ç Ç |
<Right Alt> , < |
C cedilla |
| ¿ |
<Right Alt> / |
Inverted question mark |
Press the keys shown in red sequentially to make the special character:
|
| ç Ç |
‘c ‘C |
C cedilla ( ‘ = apostrophe) |
| á é í ó ú ý |
‘a ‘e ‘i ‘o ‘u ‘y |
Acute ( ‘ = apostrophe) |
| Á É Í Ó Ú Ý |
‘A ‘E ‘I ‘O ‘U ‘Y |
|
| ‘ |
‘ <Spacebar> |
Apostrophe |
| ä ë ï ö ü ÿ |
“a “e “i “o “u “y |
Umlaut (dieresis) |
| Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ |
“A “E “I “O “U “Y |
|
| ¨ |
<Alt Shift “> <Spacebar> |
Umlaut |
| “ |
” <Spacebar> |
Quotation |
| à è ì ò ù |
`a `e `i `o `u |
Grave ( ` = accent grave) |
| À È Ì Ò Ù |
`A `E `I `O `U |
|
| ` |
`<Spacebar> |
Grave ( ` = accent grave) |
| ã ñ õ Ã Ñ Õ |
~a ~n ~o ~A ~N ~O |
Tilde |
| ~ |
~ <Spacebar> |
Tilde |
| â ê î ô û |
^a ^e ^i ^o ^u |
Circumflex |
| ^ |
^ <Spacebar> |
Circumflex |
credit:
https://slcr.wsu.edu/help-pages/microsoft-keyboards-us-international/