(Note that ` is slightly different slightly different from ‘ … on my keyboard, it is located right of the left-side Shift key.)įor ä, ë, ï, ö, ü: press ” and directly after that, the vowel.įor ã, ñ, õ: press ˜ and directly after that, the letter. Now, just like in Windows, you can use these keyboard combos:įor á, é, í, ó, ú: press ‘ and directly after that, the vowel.įor à, è, ì, ò, ù: press ` and directly after that, the vowel.
#How to make tilde on letters code#
Click the keyboard icon in the upper right corner of your screen again, and make sure it’s set to this new keyboard configuration. To enter an ASCII code, all you have to do is hold down the Alt key while typing a number code on your number pad. Once in a document you can copy it to AutoCorrect and make your own shortcut. Math tilde, use the standard Word Alt + X symbol shortcut 223C + Alt + X. But 7E then Alt + X will work if necessary. In that same System Preferences window, scroll down and put a checkmark in front of US International – PC. The regular Tilde sign does NOT have an inbuilt shortcut in Word but doesn’t usually need one because it’s on the keyboard. The ones highlighted in orange are the ones that follow the tip above. Place your cursor where the accented letter should appear in your text. You’ll see all kinds of characters you can type. Try holding down the Shift key, and Shift-Option as well. After you press the Ctrl or Shift key, youll see the accent key on your keyboard, followed by a quick press of the. To enter a character, hold down the ALT key, type in the corresponding 4-digit code, and then release the ALT. Hold down the Option key, and you can see all the special characters you get when using that key as a modifier. Each accented character has its own 4-digit code. Click on that new icon in the upper right corner of your screen, and choose “Show Keyboard Viewer,” and a little keyboard will appear. If you go to System Preferences > Language & Text > Input Sources and put a checkmark in front of “Keyboard & Character Viewer,” it puts up a little box at the top right of your screen. To accent a letter, hold down the Option key, type the character representing that accent mark, then type the letter you want underneath it. If you want to spell café correctly, how do you get that accent over the e? Or get that tilde over the n when you write niño in Spanish? There are a few ways to do it.įirst, holding down the Option key (on the bottom row of your keyboard) gives you common diacritical marks: e=´, i=ˆ, u=¨, n=˜, ~=`.