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How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to
accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in senor (Spanish). |
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On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700, pubscout
wrote: How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in senor (Spanish). See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thanks for the tip, Jay. But I'm still having a bit of trouble. For example
when I opened the symbol button and found what the keyboard shortcut was, it would never work. It only opened up some other unrelated dialog box. CTRL+~,SHIFT,N for example never gave ma an n with a tilde over the top of it. CTRL+', E never gave me the accented e I sought. I developed a workaround by changing the shortcut key, but the whole process seems a lot more tedious than it ought to be. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700, pubscout wrote: How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in senor (Spanish). See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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On a UK keyboard, the sequence is Ctr+Sht+~,n (without releasing the
Ctrl+Shft between pressing ~ and n). -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "pubscout" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tip, Jay. But I'm still having a bit of trouble. For example when I opened the symbol button and found what the keyboard shortcut was, it would never work. It only opened up some other unrelated dialog box. CTRL+~,SHIFT,N for example never gave ma an n with a tilde over the top of it. CTRL+', E never gave me the accented e I sought. I developed a workaround by changing the shortcut key, but the whole process seems a lot more tedious than it ought to be. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700, pubscout wrote: How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in senor (Spanish). See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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I've got a US keyboard. Will that make a difference? Besides, I tried that,
but first, it's awfully awkward. Second, it did not work. "Terry Farrell" wrote: On a UK keyboard, the sequence is Ctr+Sht+~,n (without releasing the Ctrl+Shft between pressing ~ and n). -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "pubscout" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tip, Jay. But I'm still having a bit of trouble. For example when I opened the symbol button and found what the keyboard shortcut was, it would never work. It only opened up some other unrelated dialog box. CTRL+~,SHIFT,N for example never gave ma an n with a tilde over the top of it. CTRL+', E never gave me the accented e I sought. I developed a workaround by changing the shortcut key, but the whole process seems a lot more tedious than it ought to be. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700, pubscout wrote: How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in senor (Spanish). See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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You're probably not doing it right. Press Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+' and then release.
These are the "setup keys." Then type the letter you want the accent over, n or N, e or E. It's a two-step process, and one of the mistakes many users make is not releasing the Shift key (needed to type Ctrl+~, which is Ctrl+Shift+`) before typing the following letter, so they always get capitals instead of the desired lowercase. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tip, Jay. But I'm still having a bit of trouble. For example when I opened the symbol button and found what the keyboard shortcut was, it would never work. It only opened up some other unrelated dialog box. CTRL+~,SHIFT,N for example never gave ma an n with a tilde over the top of it. CTRL+', E never gave me the accented e I sought. I developed a workaround by changing the shortcut key, but the whole process seems a lot more tedious than it ought to be. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700, pubscout wrote: How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in senor (Spanish). See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Suzanne
I thought that the request was for a capital? However, it works either way here, so there's something else amiss on this users system. But what... Terry "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You're probably not doing it right. Press Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+' and then release. These are the "setup keys." Then type the letter you want the accent over, n or N, e or E. It's a two-step process, and one of the mistakes many users make is not releasing the Shift key (needed to type Ctrl+~, which is Ctrl+Shift+`) before typing the following letter, so they always get capitals instead of the desired lowercase. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tip, Jay. But I'm still having a bit of trouble. For example when I opened the symbol button and found what the keyboard shortcut was, it would never work. It only opened up some other unrelated dialog box. CTRL+~,SHIFT,N for example never gave ma an n with a tilde over the top of it. CTRL+', E never gave me the accented e I sought. I developed a workaround by changing the shortcut key, but the whole process seems a lot more tedious than it ought to be. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700, pubscout wrote: How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in senor (Spanish). See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How can I press Ctrl+~ without pressing the SHIFT key?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You're probably not doing it right. Press Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+' and then release. These are the "setup keys." Then type the letter you want the accent over, n or N, e or E. It's a two-step process, and one of the mistakes many users make is not releasing the Shift key (needed to type Ctrl+~, which is Ctrl+Shift+`) before typing the following letter, so they always get capitals instead of the desired lowercase. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tip, Jay. But I'm still having a bit of trouble. For example when I opened the symbol button and found what the keyboard shortcut was, it would never work. It only opened up some other unrelated dialog box. CTRL+~,SHIFT,N for example never gave ma an n with a tilde over the top of it. CTRL+', E never gave me the accented e I sought. I developed a workaround by changing the shortcut key, but the whole process seems a lot more tedious than it ought to be. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700, pubscout wrote: How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in senor (Spanish). See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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On most keyboards, you can't. So, in reality, you press Ctrl+Shift+` (which
effectively is Ctrl+~). Suzanne's point was that you press Ctrl+Shift+`, remove your fingers, and then press the n key. I.e., when you press the n key, you should not still be pressing Ctrl+Shift+`. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "pubscout" wrote in message ... How can I press Ctrl+~ without pressing the SHIFT key? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You're probably not doing it right. Press Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+' and then release. These are the "setup keys." Then type the letter you want the accent over, n or N, e or E. It's a two-step process, and one of the mistakes many users make is not releasing the Shift key (needed to type Ctrl+~, which is Ctrl+Shift+`) before typing the following letter, so they always get capitals instead of the desired lowercase. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "pubscout" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tip, Jay. But I'm still having a bit of trouble. For example when I opened the symbol button and found what the keyboard shortcut was, it would never work. It only opened up some other unrelated dialog box. CTRL+~,SHIFT,N for example never gave ma an n with a tilde over the top of it. CTRL+', E never gave me the accented e I sought. I developed a workaround by changing the shortcut key, but the whole process seems a lot more tedious than it ought to be. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:00 -0700, pubscout wrote: How do I add an accented letter to a word in Word? For example, if I want to accent the "e" in resume (for a job) or put a tilde over the "n" in senor (Spanish). See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Genera...tSpecChars.htm -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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