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# To Insert Special Characters

Select Advanced under the Edit menu, and then select Insert Special Character.

Alternatively, you can use the default shortcut keys for the following characters:

A letter with a grave accent à è ì ò ù À È Ì Ò Ù Ǹ, ǹ, Ỳ, ỳ

CTRL + ` (grave accent), the letter

A letter with an acute accent á é í ó ú ý Á É Í Ó Ú Ý ś ź Ś Ź Ć, ć, Ĺ, ĺ, Ń, ń, Ŕ, ŕ, Ǵ, ǵ, Ḱ, ḱ, Ḿ, ḿ, Ṕ, ṕ, Ẃ, ẃ

CTRL + ' (apostrophe), the letter

A letter with a circumflex â ê î ô û Â Ê Î Ô Û Ĉ, ĉ, Ĝ, ĝ, Ĥ, ĥ, Ĵ, ĵ, Ŝ, ŝ, Ŵ, ŵ, Ŷ, ŷ

CTRL + SHIFT + 6, the letter

A letter with a tilde ã ñ õ Ã Ñ Õ ẽ ũ Ẽ Ũ Ĩ, ĩ, Ṽ, ṽ, Ỹ, ỹ

CTRL + SHIFT + ` (grave accent), the letter

A letter with a diaeresis ä ë ï ö ü ÿ Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ Ẅ, ẅ, Ẍ, ẍ, ẗ, ¨

CTRL + SHIFT + ; (semi colon), the letter

(On many keyboards, Shift + ; represents : (colon))

A letter with a diaeresis and a grave Ǜ, ǜ

CTRL + SHIFT + : (colon), CTRL + ' (apostrophe), the letter

A letter with a diaeresis and an acute Ǘ, ǘ, Ḯ, ḯ

CTRL + SHIFT + : (colon), CTRL + ' (apostrophe), the letter

A letter with a diaeresis and a caron Ǚ, ǚ

CTRL + SHIFT + : (colon), ALT + SHIFT + ^ (caret), the letter

A letter with a diaeresis and a macron Ǖ, ǖ, Ǟ, ǟ, Ȫ, ȫ

CTRL + SHIFT + : (colon), ALT + - (hyphen), the letter

A letter with a ring above å Å Ů, ů

CTRL + SHIFT + 2, the letter

(On many keyboards, Shift + 2. represents @)

A ligature æ œ Æ Œ

CTRL + SHIFT + 7, a, A, o or O

(On many keyboards, Shift + 7 represents &)

A sharp s ß

CTRL + SHIFT + 7, s

(On many keyboards, Shift + 7 represents &)

A c or C letter with a cedilla ç Ç

CTRL + , (comma), c or C

An eth letter ð Ð

CTRL + ' (apostrophe), d or D

An o or O letter with a stroke ø Ø Ł, ł, Ⱥ, Ȼ, Ɇ, ɇ

CTRL + /, the letter

A letter with a caron ǎ, ǐ, ǒ, ǔ, Ǎ, Ǐ, Ǒ Ǔ Č, č, Ď, ď, Ě, ě, Ľ, ľ, Ň, ň, Ř, ř, Š, š, Ť, ť, Ž, ž, Ǧ, ǧ, Ǩ, ǩ, ǰ, Ȟ, ȟ, ˇ

ALT+SHIFT+6, the letter

A letter with a macron Ā, ā, Ē, ē, Ō, ō, Ū, ū, Ȳ, ȳ, Ḡ, ḡ, Ī, ī, ¯

ALT + -, the letter

A cent sign ¢

CTRL + /, c

An inverted question mark ¿

ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + /

(On many keyboards, Shift + / represents ?)

An inverted exclamation mark ¡

ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + 1

(On many keyboards, Shift + 1 represents !)

A degree sign °

CTRL + SHIFT + 2, space

(On many keyboards, Shift + 2 represents @)

A copyright sign ©

ALT + CTRL + C

A registered sign ®

ALT + CTRL + R

A trademark sign ™

ALT + CTRL + T

An euro sign €

ALT + CTRL + E

A single opening quote ‘

CTRL + ` (grave accent), ` (grave accent)

A single closing quote ’

CTRL + ' (apostrophe), ' (apostrophe)

A double opening quote “

CTRL + ` (grave accent), "

A double closing quote ”

CTRL + ' (apostrophe), "

Note

If these shortcut keys do not work, you may need to reset your properties. Display the Keyboard page in Properties, and press the Reset button.