More Special Characters

In Windows, special characters are typed by holding the Alt and typing a sequence of four numbers. If you can't remember a sequence, use a handy application called Character Map. To find it, from the Start menu, browse to Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and choose Character Map.

How to type international characters

Character name	Example	Windows	Mac OS
a with circumflex	â	Alt + 0226	Option + i, a
a with grave	à	Alt + 0224	Option + `, a
a with acute	á	Alt + 0225	Option + e, a
a with umlat	ä	Alt + 0228	Option + u, a
e with grave	è	Alt + 0232	Option + `, e
e with acute	é	Alt + 0233	Option + e, e
e with circumflex	ê	Alt + 0234	Option + i, e
e with umlat	ë	Alt + 0235	Option + u, e
i with grave	ì	Alt + 0236	Option + `, i
i with acute	í	Alt + 0237	Option + e, i
i with circumflex	î	Alt + 0238	Option + i, i
i with umlat	ï	Alt + 0239	Option + u, i
o with grave	ò	Alt + 0242	Option + `, o
o with acute	ó	Alt + 0243	Option + e, o
o with circumflex	ô	Alt + 0244	Option + i, o
o with umlat	ö	Alt + 0246	Option + u, o
u with grave	ù	Alt + 0249	Option + `, u
u with acute	ú	Alt + 0250	Option + e, u
u with circumflex	û	Alt + 0251	Option + i, u
u with umlat	ü	Alt + 0252	Option + u, u
c with cedilla	ç	Alt + 0231	Option + c
n with tilde	ñ	Alt + 0241	Option + n, n
Sharp s / eszett	ß	Alt + 0223	Option + s
Inverted question mark	¿	Alt + 0191	Option + Shift + ?
Inverted exclamation mark	¡	Alt + 0161	Option + 1
left double angle quotation mark / guillemet	«	Alt + 0171	Option +
right double angle quotation mark / guillemet	»	Alt + 0187	Option +
Yen	¥	Alt + 0165	Option +
Pound sterling	£	Alt + 0163	Option +
Euro	€	Alt + 0128	Option +