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The cedilla is the little hook that hangs under a letter, as in ç. On Windows, hold Alt and type 0231 on the numeric keypad for ç, or 0199 for Ç. On a Mac, press Option+C for ç and Option+Shift+C for Ç. The other 14 cedilla letters (ģ ķ ļ ņ ŗ ş ţ and … Read more

The circumflex accent (^) is the little pointed hat that sits on top of a letter, as in â ê î ô û. On Windows, the five common vowels have Alt codes: hold Alt and type 0226 on the numeric keypad for â. On Mac, press Option+i and then the letter. Both work in Word, … Read more

The grave accent letters are à, è, ì, ò, ù and their capitals À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù. On Windows, hold Alt and type the four-digit code on the numeric keypad (à is Alt+0224, è is Alt+0232). On Mac, press Option+` (grave), release, then the letter. Both work in Word, browsers, and most apps. The … Read more

The acute accent slants up to the right, as in á é í ó ú. On Windows, hold Alt and type a code on the numeric keypad: 0225 gives á and 0233 gives é. On Mac, press Option+e, release, then type the vowel. Consonants that carry the same mark, like ć ń ś ź, need … Read more

The tilde letters are ã ñ õ ĩ ũ and their capitals Ã Ñ Õ Ĩ Ũ. On Windows, hold Alt and type a code on the numeric keypad: Alt+0227 for ã, Alt+0241 for ñ, Alt+0245 for õ. On Mac, press Option+N then the base letter (Option+N, then a, gives ã). Four of the ten … Read more

Umlaut letters are ä ë ï ö ü ÿ and their capitals Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ. On Windows, hold Alt and type a four-digit code on the numeric keypad—Alt+0228 gives ä, Alt+0252 gives ü. On Mac, press Option+u, release both keys, then type the vowel. Both work in Word, Excel, and most apps. … Read more

The letter Y takes six accented forms: ý ÿ ŷ Ý Ŷ Ÿ. On Windows, the fastest route is a numeric-keypad Alt code — hold Alt and type 0253 for ý or 0221 for Ý. On Mac, press Option+e then y for ý. Two of these variants have no Alt code at all, so this … Read more

The letter X with accent — forms like X̀, X́, X̂, X̃ and x̌, has no single-character version in Unicode. Each one is built from two code points: a plain X followed by a combining accent mark. That means there’s no Windows Alt code for the finished letter. The fastest routes are to copy the … Read more

The letter Z carries an accent in six precomposed Unicode forms: ź ż ž in lowercase and Ź Ż Ž in uppercase. The fastest way to get any of them is to copy the exact glyph you need from the buttons below, but you can also type each one directly with an Alt code, a … Read more

The two W-with-accent letters are ŵ and Ŵ, both carrying a circumflex. Neither has a Windows Alt code, so the reliable ways to type a W with accent are Word’s Alt+X trick (type 0175 then press Alt+X for ŵ), the macOS ABC Extended keyboard, or copying the glyph straight from the buttons below. These are … Read more