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You can leave the accent menu on the Mac keyboard by hitting the “ESCAPE” key. Choose the character accent with the mouse, or press the number corresponding below the accent in the menu.Press and hold on the letter you wish to accent, continue holding the letter until a menu with character accents are displayed.For example, if you press and hold on “e” a pop-up will appear after holding that key for a few moments which displays which accents are available for that particular letter or character. New versions of Mac OS allow users to easily type accented letters and diacritical marks by using a sustained keypress on a single key. How to Type Accented Characters on Mac the Fast Way That may sound a little confusing but if you give it a try yourself you’ll see how it works, it’s quite easy once you get the hang of it. Generally speaking you either press and hold the letter to accent, or press and hold the modifier keys, and then you release those keys and then type the letter to be accented. Capital letter example – press option or alt key and i keys to produce circumflex ˆ and then press shift + i to produce capital letter circumflex Î.Modern versions of Mac OS offer an exceptionally fast way to type letter accents, and it’s quite easy to use.įor typing most accents on Mac you will use either a sustained keypress, or you can use the option / alt key and another modifier key to get the accent or diacritic on the desired letter.Small letter example – press option or alt and e keys to make acute ´and then press a to produce small letter acute á.

You need to switch the input method to Unicode Hex Input for using these shortcuts. Use one of the option keys on your Mac keyboard and follow the below table to type accented letters.

Here is a list of 500+ alt code shortcuts for Mac to insert accent letters. Keyboard Shortcuts for Accent Letters in Mac Let us discuss various ways to type accented letters in Mac. In such scenario, you can still survive with different shortcuts.

In most of the companies, you need to use the standard MacBook with English based keyboard. Sometimes, you will have trouble in typing accented letters using the default English keyboard. In our earlier article, we have explained the alt or option code shortcuts for Mac to insert various symbols.