General Instructions

To illustrate how accents may be produced on your Mac, let us trace through an example of how to produce the character, ñ.

1. Look up the desired character in the table below.
2. Enter the key combination that signals what accent you would like. Then type in the letter that is to be accented.
3. Follow the model listed here for producing the ñ character, using that key sequence instead. In this case, to produce ñ, one would first enter a key combination that signals the tilde (~), and secondly type a lower-case 'n'.

Accented Characters

Here is a list of commonly used accented characters used in Western European languages, and the key combinations necessary to reproduce them on the Mac. You may wish to print out this instruction sheet, for reference during your exam.

Try it yourself with the characters below