How do you type accents on a laptop?

Question

I know that on a regular keyboard, you use the number pad on the right side of the keyboard. Laptops don't have that. How can a person on a laptop type accents like: é ê è and others like so? Thank you!

Answer 1

You have to use the NUM LOCK feature, if you look closely at your keyboard, you will see that you have a numeric keypad included WITHIN your keyboard, for example if you look at your J key you should see a 1 beside the J. How do you use them? Well you use the Fn key (it should be right beside your left ctrl key) and while pressing that you press the NUM LOCK key (sometimes it will just say num lk or have a small icon with a number within a lock, it is usually the same key used for scroll lock). Now to get the accents you would simply use the numbers as they appear on your keyboard, for example to get the é you would type ALT+130 (ALT+JLM), á= ALT+160 í= ALT+161 ó= ALT+162 ú= ALT+163 ñ= ALT+164... On some programs you can skip having to use numlock by simply pressing ALT+Fn key together so ALT+Fn+JLM would give you the é, but unfortunately it doesn't work in all programs. Also noteworthy is that within Microsoft Word 2007 you can simply hit CTRL+' and then the letter you wish to add the accent to, for example CTRL+' a would give you á.

Answer 2

If your using Windows, go to the toolbar under "Insert", then "Symbol". Click on the Symbols tab. The font you're currently using will be in the drop down window. Scroll up and down to see all of the available symbols to find what you need. Click on the symbol you want, and it will be inserted into your document where your cursor was placed when you stopped.

Answer 3

you have numbers on the laptop as well.
the only difference is that they are usually raised to be a function of another key.
in other words, you need to press a version of "num lock" to activate the numbers instead of the letters above which they lay.

or you can go to your character map and copy and paste.

Answer 4

on a similar time as utilising be unsleeping: pass with insert>image: you get a window with all accented vowels, and you additionally could make shortcuts (lika alt+a = á, ctrl+a = à and so on) with out utilising numbers. Bonne threat!

Answer 5

é <-- CTRL ALT E

know that one off the top of my head... you could always type them in word from the insert options and copy/paste them then as a temporary solution for a short document

Answer 6

http://faculty.weber.edu/tmathews/grammar/Compmark.html

Answer 7

No idea! Soz

Answer 8

It should all be explained in your laptop User Manual.

If not, call their tech support line.