Typing accents on letters?

Question

How do you get accents on letters while on Internet Explorer?

Thanks for your advice everyone, guess I should have specified I'm using a laptop and I don't have an international keyboard, so is there any other way to get accents on letters while on the Internet?

Answer 1

Press and hold the key while typing the numbers shown to make the special characters:
Alt 0128
€
Euro currency symbol
Alt 0195
Ã
A tilde
Alt 0131
ƒ
Florin, Guilder or Gulden
Alt 0196
Alt 142
Ä
A umlaut
Alt 0132
„
Base line double quote
Alt 0197
Alt 143
Å
A ring
Alt 0133
…
Ellipsis
Alt 0198
Alt 146
Æ
AE diphthong
Alt 0134
†
Dagger
Alt 0199
Alt 128
Ç
C cedilla
Alt 0135
‡
Double Dagger
Alt 0200
È
E grave
Alt 0136
ˆ
Circumflex
Alt 0201
Alt 144
É
E acute
Alt 0137
‰
Permille
Alt 0202
Ê
E circumflex
Alt 0138
Š
S caron (hacek)
Alt 0203
Ë
E umlaut
Alt 0139
‹
Left single guillemet
Alt 0204
Ì
I grave
Alt 0140
Œ
OE ligature
Alt 0205
Í
I acute
Alt 0142
Ž
Z caron (hacek)
Alt 0206
Î
I circumflex
Alt 0145
‘
Left single quote
Alt 0207
Ï
I umlaut
Alt 0146
’
Right single quote
Alt 0208
Ð
Capital Eth
Alt 0147
“
Left double quote
Alt 0209
Alt 165
Ñ
N tilde
Alt 0148
”
Right double quote
Alt 0210
Ò
O grave
Alt 0149
•
Bullet
Alt 0211
Ó
O acute
Alt 0150
–
En dash
Alt 0212
Ô
O circumflex
Alt 0151
—
Em dash
Alt 0213
Õ
O tilde
Alt 0152
˜
Tilde
Alt 0214
Alt 153
Ö
O umlaut
Alt 0153
™
Trademark
Alt 0215
×
Multiply sign
Alt 0154
š
s caron (hacek)
Alt 0216
Ø
O slash
Alt 0155
›
Right single guillemet
Alt 0217
Ù
U grave
Alt 0156
œ
oe diphtong
Alt 0218
Ú
U acute
Alt 0158
ž
z caron (hacek) LINK
Alt 0219
Û
U circumflex
Alt 0159
Ÿ
Y umlaut
Alt 0220
Alt 154
Ü
U umlaut
Alt 0161
Alt 173
¡
Inverted exclamation
Alt 0222
Þ
Capital thorn
Alt 0162
Alt 155
¢
Cent
Alt 0223
Alt 225
ß
Esszet (sz ligature)
(sharp "s") LINK
Alt 0163
Alt 156
£
Pound sterling
Alt 0224
Alt 133
à
a grave
Alt 0164
¤
Currency
Alt 0225
Alt 160
á
a acute
Alt 0165
Alt 157
¥
Yen
Alt 0226
Alt 131
â
a circumflex
Alt 0166
¦
Broken vertical bar
Alt 0227
ã
a tilde
Alt 0167
§
Section sign
Alt 0228
Alt 132
ä
a umlaut
Alt 0168
¨
Umlaut (dieresis)
Alt 0229
Alt 134
å
a ring
Alt 0169
©
Copyright
Alt 0230
Alt 145
æ
ae diphthong
Alt 0170
Alt 166
ª
Feminine ordinal
Alt 0231
Alt 135
ç
c cedilla
Alt 0171
Alt 174
«
Left guillemet
Alt 0232
Alt 138
è
e grave
Alt 0172
Alt 170
¬
Not sign
Alt 0233
Alt 130
é
e acute
Alt 0173
¬
Soft hyphen (html: ­)
Alt 0234
Alt 136
ê
e circumflex
Alt 0174
®
Registered trademark
Alt 0235
Alt 137
ë
e umlaut
Alt 0175
¯
Macron
Alt 0236
Alt 141
ì
i grave
Alt 0176
Alt 248
°
Degree sign
Alt 0237
Alt 161
í
i acute
Alt 0177
Alt 241
±
Plus or minus
Alt 0238
Alt 140
î
i circumflex
Alt 0178
Alt 253
²
Superscript 2
Alt 0239
Alt 139
ï
i umlaut
Alt 0179
³
Superscript 3
Alt 0240
ð
Small Eth
Alt 0180
´
Acute accent
Alt 0241
Alt 164
ñ
n tilde
Alt 0181
Alt 230
µ
Mu or micro
Alt 0242
Alt 149
ò
o grave
Alt 0182
¶
Paragraph (pilcrow)
Alt 0243
Alt 162
ó
o acute
Alt 0183
Alt 250
•
Middle dot
Alt 0244
Alt 147
ô
o circumflex
Alt 0184
¸
Cedilla mark
Alt 0245
õ
o tilde
Alt 0185
¹
Superscript 1
Alt 0246
Alt 148
ö
o umlaut
Alt 0186
Alt 167
º
Masculine ordinal
Alt 0247
Alt 246
÷
Division sign
Alt 0187
Alt 175
»
Right guillemet
Alt 0248
ø
o slash
Alt 0188
Alt 172
¼

Alt 0249
Alt 151
ù
u grave
Alt 0189
Alt 171
½

Alt 0250
Alt 163
ú
u acute
Alt 0190
¾

Alt 0251
Alt 150
û
u circumflex
Alt 0191
Alt 168
¿
Inverted question mark
Alt 0252
Alt 129
ü
u umlaut
Alt 0192
À
A grave
Alt 0253
ý
y acute
Alt 0193
Á
A acute
Alt 0254
þ
Lower case thorn
Alt 0194
Â
A circumflex
Alt 0255
Alt 152
ÿ
y umlaut

Answer 2

To type French accents, hold down the ALT key, then type the three or four digits listed here. When you release the ALT key, the character will appear. You must type the numbers with the numeric keypad, not with the row of numbers across the top of your keyboard (which means that this is not the best way to type accents on a laptop - try another method for typing French accents). I am sure there are plenty of other keyboard tricks that could give you more

Answer 3

BEL76's long list and paali's much shorter list are all very well, but most laptops haven't got a keypad at the right and I doubt if these codes will work using the numbers along the top. If you're using an ordinary PC, these codes certainly
work only when using the keypad.

Does your laptop have the AltGr key ? It's on the right of the space-bar on an ordinary keyboard. If it does, you can generate most of the characters needed for writing Spanish: á, Á, é, É, í, Í, ó, Ó, ú and Ú, as well as € (with the '4' key), but not, as far as I know, ñ, Ñ, ª, º, ¿ or ¡

When writing French, the commonest accented letters are é and à. I suppose you could use the AltGr key to type á instead of à and most people wouldn't even notice.

Answer 4

õÄÜ

What like this. They are obtained by using ASCII characters. Hold down the ALT key and type in a three digit code on the keypad, not the top line of numbers, then release the ALT key. Asciitable.com has the whole list of characters with their numbers from french accents to drawing tables with the keyboard.

Answer 5

Yes you can. When you are on a writing page, like mail or filling in forms, right click, you will see "Languages" click on it, choose "Add", then you will be shown a list of many country names. Click the language to install the dictionary ( only takes less than 3 seconds ). Now on your writing page again, again you right click. then languages, then the new dictionary you just downloaded. When you write, even what you type doesn't show the accent, your spelling check would make the change for you automatically.

Answer 6

Well, I'm pretty sure everyone can change there keyboard's language. For example I can change mine from English to French to get the right accents.

Answer 7

In case you want to write in, I believe it is better to add the keyboard of that language, so that you can switch to it and type. Whereas, if you want to be able to see accents in what you read -instead of some garbage- you had better changing the "encoding" in the "view" tab in IE.

Answer 8

First of all, you should get an "international keyboard" to be sure that all your accents will be printed as such. It does not always with any other keyboard.

Answer 9

i know some accents codes are
é= alt+130
à= alt+133
è= alt+138
î= alt+140
ê= alt+136
ä= alt+132
á= alt+160
ï= alt+139
û= alt+150

s'all i know

Answer 10

use the "alt" key, plus whatever accent you need & the letter