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Special Characters Using the International Keyboard

To enable the International Keyboard, click on the keyboard selection icon on the right side of the Windows task bar (usually located at the bottom of the screen). From the options, choose "United States-International Keyboard.", [Most College machines have this option, but to set up the International Keyboard on your personal computer, see this link or your product documentation for directions specific to your operating system. http://french.about.com/library/bl_faq_accents.htm] You may also be able to use the alternate methods of creating special characters detailed below on this page. + indicates that the keys are pressed in sequence _ indicates that the keys are pressed in unison

¿ Right Alt_/ ¡ Right Alt_1 ç or Ç Right Alt_< or Right Alt_SHIFT_< letter with apostrophe mark/ acute accent ex: á Right Alt_a,e,i,o,u,y, or E or Right Alt + ' + a,e,i,o,u,y or E ex: Right Alt_a or Right Alt + ' + a letter with accent grave ex: à ` + a,e,i,o,u, or E ex: ` + a letter with umlaut ex: ä Right Alt + " + a,e,i,o,u, or E ex: Right Alt + " + a ä, ü, ö Right Alt + q,y,p ß Right Alt + s letter with tilde ex: ñ ~ + a,o,n, or O ex: ~ + n letter with caret ex: â ^ + a,e,i,o,u, or E ex: ^ + a

Special Characters Using Alt + Numeric Keyboard

Hold down the Alt key and enter the associated number on the keypad. Note: Be sure to lock the numeric keyboard by pressing NUM LOCK.

Ç 128   ô 147 ü 129   ö 148 é 130   ò 149 â 131   û 150 ä 132   Ö 153 à 133   Ü 154 å 134   á 160 ç 135   í 161 ê 136   ó 162 ë 137   ú 163 è 138   ñ 164 ï 139   Ñ 165 î 140   ß 225 ì 141   ª 166 Ä 142   º 167 É 144   ¿ 168 « 174   ¡ 173 » 175   € 0128 Another way to access these characters is under Insert/Symbol in Microsoft Word and other programs. It may also be useful to keep a record of the Shortcut key information from the Sybmbol window or create your own shortcut system.

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