Adding Accents

Have you ever wanted to type the word résumé or mañana? Well, you can. There are a couple ways you can accomplish this feature. First, you have to know the codes. Included here is a table that lists these codes for you. Now, to add the desired effect, you simply type the word and when you get to the letter you wish to add an effect to, you use the code listed below. Or, you can type the word completely, then highlight the letter you want to add an effect to and punch in the code and the letter will change.

Acute (résumé)
Character
Windows Mac
Á ALT + 0193 Opt + e, A
á ALT + 0225 Opt + e, a
É ALT + 0201 Opt + e, E
é ALT + 0233 Opt + e, e
Í ALT + 0205 Opt + e, I
í ALT + 0237 Opt + e, i
Ó ALT + 0211 Opt + e, O
ó ALT + 0243 Opt + e, o
Ú ALT + 0218 Opt + e, U
ú ALT + 0250 Opt + e, u
Ý ALT + 0221 Opt + e, Y
ý ALT + 0253 Opt + e, y

Grave (voilà)
Character
Windows Mac
À ALT + 0192 Opt + `, A
à ALT + 0224 Opt + `, a
È ALT + 0200 Opt + `, E
è ALT + 0232 Opt + `, e
Ì ALT + 0204 Opt + `, I
ì ALT + 0236 Opt + `, i
Ò ALT + 0210 Opt + `, O
ò ALT + 0242 Opt + `, o
Ù ALT + 0217 Opt + `, U
ù ALT + 0249 Opt + `, u

Tilde (mañana)
Character
Windows Mac
à ALT + 0195 Opt + n, A
ã ALT + 0227 Opt + n, a
Ñ ALT + 0209 Opt + n, N
ñ ALT + 0241 Opt + n, n
Õ ALT + 0213 Opt + n, O
õ ALT + 0245 Opt + n, o

Umlaut (naïve)
Character
Windows Mac
Ä ALT + 0196 Opt + i, A
ä ALT + 0228 Opt + i, a
Ë ALT + 0203 Opt + i, E
ë ALT + 0235 Opt + i, e
Ï ALT + 0207 Opt + i, I
ï ALT + 0239 Opt + i, i
Ö ALT + 0214 Opt + i, O
ö ALT + 0246 Opt + i, o
Ü ALT + 0220 Opt + i, U
ü ALT + 0252 Opt + i, u
Ÿ ALT + 0159 Opt + i, Y
ÿ ALT + 0255 Opt + i, y

Circumflex (château)
Character
Windows Mac
 ALT + 0194 Opt + i, A
â ALT + 0226 Opt + i, a
Ê ALT + 0202 Opt + i, E
ê ALT + 0234 Opt + i, e
Î ALT + 0206 Opt + i, I
î ALT + 0238 Opt + i, i
Ô ALT + 0212 Opt + i, O
ô ALT + 0244 Opt + i, o
Û ALT + 0219 Opt + i, U
û ALT + 0251 Opt + i, u

Cedilla (façade)
Character
Windows Mac
Ç ALT + 0199 Opt + Shift, C
ç ALT + 0231 Opt + c