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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:
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

Help with Microsoft Keyboards US-International

Typing Diacritics And Special Characters

Microsoft English US-International Keyboard

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

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