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The most common accents are the acute (é), grave (è), circumflex (â, î or ô), tilde (ñ), umlaut and dieresis (ü or ï – the same symbol is used for two different purposes), and cedilla (ç). Accent marks (also referred to as diacritics or diacriticals) usually appear above a character.
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To open the Character Map app, type "character map" in the Windows search bar. Position the cursor in any text field where you want to insert the character.
Example 1: To type the letter ó, hold down the Control key, then press the apostrophe key. Release both keys and type o. The accented letter should appear.
ALT Codes for Windows. International Keyboard Codes | Windows Character Map | Mac Accent Codes. This page list codes for accented letters and other characters.