Question:
how on th keyboard on your computer can you make that symbol that comes above a letter?
2008-03-01 13:48:26 UTC
you know that symbol in irish and french to change the sound of a letter...for example to say to make a precis or or that is so cliche, how do you make the sybol above the letter e?
Eleven answers:
2008-03-07 07:52:55 UTC
There are lots of fonts and some of them will do that. Try symbols.



Hope that helps
k8kay
2008-03-01 14:04:29 UTC
Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map.



This gives you a chart with all of the charcters that can be typed from the keyboard in any font that's available on your computer. Choose the font you are using, and look for the symbol. Then you can either copy and paste it into your document, or hold down the Alt key and type a four character sequence on the number pad of the keyboard. This sequence is shown in the bottom right of the character map window.



Alt+0233 gives you: é
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2016-11-30 05:32:01 UTC
once you're on a computing device, that is fairly diverse. stick to those instructions - in view which you're on a computing device and you have not got a numeric keypad, you need to use the single that's built into the keys on the splendid in the "7-8-9-0-U-I-O-P" section. (those little blue numbers above the conventional letters.) you make the main of this numeric keypad by using preserving down the "Fn" button and then pressing the quantity you like. -make effective your NumLock is on -Press "Fn" and "Alt" on the comparable time, as nicely because of the fact the quantity on the inbuilt numeric keyboard that corresponds to the logo you like. a million ? 2 ? 3 ? -- yay, right here is the middle! 4 ? 5 ? 6 ? 7 • 8 ? 9 ? 10 ? 11 ? 12 ? thirteen ? etc, etc. desire that works!
jjn333
2008-03-01 14:08:26 UTC
Make sure your "num lock" is on.



Using only the "number keypad" at the side of the keyboard



Hold down "Alt" key and key in 0192 on the on the number keypad = À



Do the same with 0193 and 0194 and continue.



Surprise = accented letters, cedillas etc......
2008-03-01 15:08:52 UTC
Jus hold down the shift keep and hit the key with the symbol you wish to print.
crazymagemia
2008-03-01 13:56:52 UTC
i dont know how to get it direct from your keyboard (unless you use a french keyboard, im sure it'd be on THERE) but, if you open microsoft word, go to insert, then click symbol, it's in there. double click the one you want, and it'll come up in the word document. then you can copy and paste it wherever you need it! =D



hope this helps x
Little Red Hen 2.0
2008-03-01 14:06:10 UTC
Search for "alt characters."



For example, holding the alt key while typing 130 will do this:



é
resignedtolife
2008-03-01 13:56:32 UTC
You mean an acute accent or accent egu en francais. As you can see, I don't know or I would have put on on egu and a cedilla under the c in francais.
Mike & Merc
2008-03-01 13:57:23 UTC
in word there is a setting for picking special characters also, you can change the main language of the program you are using (if a dictionary for that language is available)
maî
2008-03-08 05:42:22 UTC
It does depend on if you're on a mac or pc.

PC

Microsoft Word will allow you to insert characters with accents by clicking Insert-Symbol. Even better, however, are the keyboard shortcuts available since Word 97:



é: Press Ctrl and type "'" (apostrophe). Release both keys and type "e".



à-è-ù: Press Ctrl and type "`" key (left-hand side, top of the keyboard). Release both keys and type "e", "a", or "u".



â-ê-î-ô-û: Press Ctrl and Shift and type "^" key. Release both keys and type "a", "e", "i", "o", or "u".



ç: Press Ctrl, and type "," key. Release both keys and type "c".



ä-ë-ï-ü: Press Ctrl, Shift, and type ":" key. Release both keys and type "a", "e", "i", or "u".



œ: Press Ctrl, Shift, and type "&" key. Release both keys and type "o".



Macintosh

Using the Option key (all applications)

You can generate all the characters you need in Macintosh by using the "Option" key. To generate accents, you press the Option key and another key together to generate the accent, and then type the letter which contains the accent:



é: Press option and type "e". Release both keys and type "e".



à-è-ù: Press option and type "`" key (left-hand side, top of the keyboard). Release both keys and type "e", "a", or "u".



â-ê-î-ô-û: Press option and type "i" key. Release both keys and type "a", "e", "i", "o", or "u".



ä-ë-ï-ü: Press option and type "u" key. Release both keys and type "a", "e", "i", or "u".



ç: Press option and type "c".



œ: Press option and type "q".



«: Press option and type "|" key (right below the delete key).



»: Press shift + option and type "|" key (right below the delete key).
2008-03-01 14:06:56 UTC
i dono sorry ;(


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