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Typing French Accents
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Macintosh |
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To type accented characters in Windows, hold down the Alt key
(located on either side of the space bar) and type in a 4-digit code using the numeric
keypad. For example: to type the letter à, hold down
the Alt key, type "0 2 2 4", and release the Alt key.
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| à |
Alt + 0224
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| â |
Alt + 0226
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| ç |
Alt + 0231
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| è |
Alt + 0232
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| é |
Alt + 0233
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| ê |
Alt + 0234
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| ë |
Alt + 0235
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| î |
Alt + 0238
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| ï |
Alt + 0239
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| ô |
Alt + 0244
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| ù |
Alt + 0249
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| û |
Alt + 0251
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| ü |
Alt + 0252
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| œ |
Alt + 0156 |
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| À |
Alt + 0192
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| Â |
Alt + 0194
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| Ç |
Alt + 0199
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| È |
Alt + 0200
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| É |
Alt + 0201
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| Ê |
Alt + 0202
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| Ë |
Alt + 0203
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| Î |
Alt + 0206
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| Ï |
Alt + 0207
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| Ô |
Alt + 0212
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| Ù |
Alt + 0217
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| Û |
Alt + 0219
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| Ü |
Alt + 0220
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| Π|
Alt + 0140 |
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Another way to type accented characters into the web page is to use the accent bar, located
at the bottom of the screen. To use the accent bar:
- Click on the white text box at the bottom of the screen.
- Type the letters of the word as you normally would, and when you get to a special character, click the appropriate character. (For example, to type "voilà," type "v o i l," then click "à".)
- Highlight the completed text by dragging the mouse over it.
- Copy the highlighted text. To copy the highlighted text, hold down the Control button (located in the lower left corner of the keyboard) and press the letter "c".
- Click on the text box where you want to paste the word.
- Paste the text into the text box. To paste the highlighted text, hold down the Control button and press the letter "v".
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