how do you put the little accent thingy over a letter when your typing on the computer?

Answer 1

If you click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map this will bring up all the available symbols. You can then copy and paste these into any application such as Word, Excel, Access, Yahoo Answers etc.

For example... è é ê ë ē ĕ ė ę ě

An alternative if you're using MS Word is to click on 'Insert' and select 'Symbol' from the drop down menu.

Answer 2

If you're typing in microsoft word, go to the menu bar where it says "file," "edit", etc. Go to "Insert" and click symbols. There should be tons of letters with different marks over them. If you want to get this in other text programs or emails and stuff, just type the word you want to have the accent over, insert a symbol, and copy and paste it to the location you want. Hope this helps and good luck!

Answer 3

Depends which accent thingy you mean (and may depend on what sort of computer you're using). On a Mac, to do the accute accent (é), you type option-e, then the letter the accent is to modify. To do the circumflex (ô), type option-i, then the letter. To do accent-grave (è), type option-`, then the letter. The umlaut (ö) is option-u, then the letter. The tilde (ñ) is option-n, then the letter: The cedilla (ç) is option-c.

Answer 4

In Microsoft Word, select the letter, go to INSERT then SYMBOL and choose the one you want.

Answer 5

Someone mentioned ASCII codes. You just hold down the alt key and type the 3-digit code.

Answer 6

Go to Microsoft Word, then go to the scroll down menu "Insert" and select "symbol," then just find that symbol.

Answer 7

Use ALT codes ALT 130 =é

Answer 8

On a pc, it is edit, insert, symbol



on a mac you can do it like this:
Overstrike -- Overstrikes two characters or words separated by a comma. Useful for putting any of the following accent marks over "untraditional" letters, like x-tilde.

Keyboard: COMMAND-\.
acute (OPTION-SHIFT-E on the Mac)
grave (upper left on the Mac keyboard)
circumflex (OPTION-SHIFT-I on the Mac)
diacritical (umlaut) (OPTION-SHIFT-U on the Mac)
tilde (OPTION-SHIFT-N on the Mac)
overbar (OPTION-SHIFT-, on the Mac)
smile (short) (OPTION-SHIFT-. on the Mac)
upside-down circumflex (OPTION-SHIFT-I on the Mac)
dot (OPTION-H on the Mac)
circle (OPTION-K on the Mac)
cedilla (OPTION-SHIFT-Z on the Mac)