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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 u | Acute |
Á É Í Ó Ú | <Right Alt> A E I O U | |
© | <Right Alt> c | Copyright symbol |
ñ Ñ | <Right Alt> n or N | Tilde |
® | <Right Alt> r | Registered trademark symbol |
æ Æ | <Right Alt> z or Z | Ligature |
¨ | <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> s | Esszett (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: |
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ç Ç | ‘c ‘C | C cedilla ( ‘ = apostrophe) |
á é í ó ú ý | ‘a ‘e ‘i ‘o ‘u ‘y | Acute ( ‘ = 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 “y | Umlaut (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 `u | Grave ( ` = 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 ~O | Tilde |
~ | ~ <Spacebar> | Tilde |
â ê î ô û | ^a ^e ^i ^o ^u | Circumflex |
^ | ^ <Spacebar> | Circumflex |
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