Shortcut Keys for Microsoft Word

To insert	Press
à, è, ì, ò, ù À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù	CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter
á, é, í, ó, ú, ý Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý	CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), the letter
â, ê, î, ô, û Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û	CTRL+SHIFT+^ (CARET), the letter
ã, ñ, õ Ã, Ñ, Õ	CTRL+SHIFT+~ (TILDE), the letter
ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ	CTRL+SHIFT+: (COLON), the letter
å, Å<	CTRL+SHIFT+@, a or A
æ, Æ	CTRL+SHIFT+&, a or A
œ, Œ	CTRL+SHIFT+&, o or O
ç, Ç	CTRL+, (COMMA), c or C
ð, Ð	CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), d or D
ø, Ø	CTRL+/, o or O
¿	ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+?
¡	ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+!
ß	CTRL+SHIFT+&, s

This document can also be found in Microsoft Word Help by going to the Help Index, searching for the term special characters, and clicking on Insert an international character by using a shortcut key.

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Shortcut Keys for other Windows Software

To create these characters, hold down the Alt key and press the desired numeric combination. You must use the number keypad. If you have problems, be sure that the NumLock key is on.

â	Alt + 131	ê	Alt + 136	î	Alt + 140
ä	Alt + 132	ë	Alt + 137	ï	Alt + 139
à	Alt + 133	è	Alt + 138	ì	Alt + 141
á	Alt + 160	é	Alt + 130	í	Alt + 161
ã	Alt + 0227
å	Alt + 134
Ä	Alt + 142	Ë	Alt + 0203	Ï	Alt + 0207
Å	Alt + 143
À	Alt + 0192	È	Alt + 0200	Ì	Alt + 0204
Á	Alt + 0193	É	Alt + 144	Í	Alt + 0205
Â	Alt + 0194	Ê	Alt + 0202	Î	Alt + 0206
Ã	Alt + 0195
ô	Alt + 147	û	Alt + 150
ö	Alt + 148	ü	Alt + 0252	ÿ	Alt + 152
ò	Alt + 149	ù	Alt + 151
ó	Alt + 162	ú	Alt + 163	ý	Alt + 0253
õ	Alt + 0245
Ö	Alt + 153	Ü	Alt + 154	Ÿ	Alt + 0159
Ò	Alt + 0210	Ù	Alt + 0217
Ó	Alt + 0211	Ú	Alt + 0218	Ý	Alt + 0221
Ô	Alt + 0212	Û	Alt + 0219
Õ	Alt + 0213
		¿	Alt + 168	¡	Alt + 173
		Ñ	Alt + 165	ñ	Alt + 164
ç	Alt + 0231	Æ	Alt + 146	æ	Alt + 145
Ç	Alt + 128	Œ	Alt + 0140	œ	Alt + 0156

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