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Help with Microsoft Keyboards US-International

Typing Diacritics And Special Characters

Microsoft English US-International Keyboard

Type International and Special Characters using the right  <Alt> key or the following modifier keys: Apostrophe(), Accent Grave(`), Quotation Mark(), Tilde(~), and Circumflex(^). To type just the modifier key by itself, type the <Spacebar> following the modifier key. Press and hold the right <ALT> key then press the keys <shown in red> to make the special characters:

á é í ó ú<Right Alt> a e i o uAcute
Á É Í Ó Ú<Right Alt> A E I O U
©<Right Alt> cCopyright symbol
ñ Ñ<Right Alt> n or N Tilde
®<Right Alt> rRegistered trademark symbol
æ Æ<Right Alt> z or ZLigature
¨<Right Alt> “Umlaut (dieresis)
´<Right Alt> ‘Acute ( ‘ = apostrophe)
ð Ð<Right Alt> d or D Eth
ø Ø<Right Alt> l or L O slash
µ<Right Alt> m Mu
ß<Right Alt> sEsszett (sz ligature)
þ Þ<Right Alt> t or T Thorn
å Å<Right Alt> w  or W A ring
ü Ü<Right Alt> y or Y
ö Ö<Right Alt> p or P
ä Ä<Right Alt> q or Q
¢Alt><Shift>c Cent
§<Right Alt><Shift> s Section mark
¡<Right Alt> 1 Inverted Exclamation mark
²<Right Alt> 2 Superscript ²
³<Right Alt> 3 Superscript ³
¤<Right Alt> 4 General currency symbol
<Right Alt> 5 Euro currency symbol
¼<Right Alt> 6 One fourth
½<Right Alt> 7 One half
¾<Right Alt> 8 Three fourths
<Right Alt> 9 Left single quote
<Right Alt> 0 Right single quote
¹<Right Alt> ! Superscript ¹
£<Right Alt> $ Pound sterling
¥<Right Alt> – Yen
×<Right Alt> = Multiply sign
÷<Right Alt> + Divide sign
«<Right Alt> [ Left guillemet
»<Right Alt> ] Right guillemet
¬<Right Alt> \ Not symbol
¦<Right Alt> | Broken vertical bar
<Right Alt> ; Paragraph (pilcrow)
°<Right Alt> : Degree sign
ç Ç<Right Alt> , < C cedilla
¿<Right Alt> /Inverted question mark

Press the keys shown in red sequentially to make the special character:

ç Ç‘c ‘CC cedilla ( ‘ = apostrophe)
á é í ó ú ý‘a ‘e ‘i ‘o ‘u ‘yAcute ( ‘ = apostrophe)
Á É Í Ó Ú Ý‘A ‘E ‘I ‘O ‘U ‘Y
‘ <Spacebar>Apostrophe
ä ë ï ö ü ÿ“a “e “i “o “u “yUmlaut (dieresis)
Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ“A “E “I “O “U “Y
¨<Alt Shift “> <Spacebar>Umlaut
” <Spacebar>Quotation
à è ì ò ù`a `e `i `o `uGrave ( ` = accent grave)
À È Ì Ò Ù`A `E `I `O `U
`` <Spacebar>Grave ( ` = accent grave)
ã ñ õ Ã Ñ Õ~a ~n ~o ~A ~N ~OTilde
~~ <Spacebar>Tilde
â ê î ô û^a ^e ^i ^o ^uCircumflex
^^ <Spacebar>Circumflex