Creating diacritical marks on the Macintosh

Acute -- á, é, í, etc.:

• While holding down the Option key, strike e; then release all
  
• Type desired vowel

Grave -- à, è, ì, etc.:

• While holding down the Option key, strike ` (upper-left on keyboard); then release all
  
• Type desired vowel

Circumflex -- â, ê, î, ô, etc.:

• While holding down the Option key, strike i; then release all
  
• Type desired vowel

Trema -- ä, ë, ö, ü, etc.:

• While holding down the Option key, strike u; then release all
  
• Type desired vowel

Tilde -- ñ, õ, etc.:

• While holding down the Option key, strike n; then release all
  
• Type desired letter

Cedilla -- ç:

• While holding down the Option key, strike c

For ß:

• While holding down the Option key, strike s

For ¿:

• While holding down Shift and Option simultaneously, strike ?

For ¡:

• While holding down the Option key, strike 1

For «:

• While holding down the Option key, strike \

For »:

• While holding down Shift and Option simultaneously, strike \

For ‹ (as opposed to dash, -):

• While holding down Shift and Option simultaneously, strike dash

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Last Modified: 09/28/2004