as in Beaute... the second e has a comma on top... i know there is a way, just don't know how to do it...
2007-03-04 19:55:41 · 4 answers · asked by tiha 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Vowels in French can have 3 types of "little comma" on the top - the correct name is "accents".
The accent on the last "e" of "beauté" is called an accute accent - on my Windows keyboard I can reproduce it either by holding down ctrl+alt at the same time as typing the "e" or by typing alt+0233 or alt+130 (é)
The letter e can also have a "grave accent" (è) which I can reproduce by typing alt+0232 or alt+138
The grave accent can also appear on the letter "a": (à) (alt+0224 or alt+133) or on "u" (ù): (alt+0249 or alt+151)
a, e, o and u can also have a "circumflex accent":
â, (alt+0226, or alt+131)
ê, (alt+0234 or alt+136)
ô, (alt+0244 or alt+147)
û, (ALT+0251 or alt+150)
2007-03-04 20:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On Mac: alt/option + e, then e
On Windows: alt + 130, I believe
p.s. It's not a "comma", it's an acute accent. Call it an accent mark if you must, but not a comma.
2007-03-04 20:03:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the "character map" under System Tools.
Here is a screen shot of where to go to access this tool if you're using Windows ME or higher. Make sure to click the picture so it becomes bigger!
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g242/lrb081/Misc%20pictures/YAnswers/letter.jpg
Once you open the "character map" just scroll to the symbol you want/need, double click it and hit "copy." Then go back to your document and paste it (ctrl+V) where you need it to go.
Voila! :-)
2007-03-04 20:08:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find a unicode software somewhere on the net and install it or turn on MS Word and insert the special character é.
2007-03-04 20:01:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋