General Instructions

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

1. Look up the desired character in the table below.
2. Note the key sequence that is neccessary to produce that character.
3. Follow the model listed here for producing the à character, using that key sequence instead. In this case, to produce à, one must use the sequence + 133. In English, that means to say that you must hold (and continue to hold) the key while you then type in the numbers 1, 3, and 3 on your numeric keypad. Then, when you let go of the key, the character à should appear.

NOTE: The above procedure is for the use of a keyboard with a numeric keypad. On a keyboard without a numeric keypad, please follow the instructions on this page.

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 PC. You may wish to print out this instruction sheet, for reference during your exam.

Try it yourself with the characters below