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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition
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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

by Wallace Wang
August 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
No Starch Press
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Typing Foreign Characters

Many languages share the English alphabet but use accents over or under some characters to indicate specific pronunciations. Although most keyboards don't display these accented characters, you can still type them by pressing keyboard combinations, such as those shown in Table 33-1.

Table 33-1. Common Foreign Language Characters and Keyboard Combinations

Character

Keys to Press

Acute

á or Á

option-E, then type a or A

é or É

option-E, then type e or E

í or Í

option-E, then type i or I

ó or Ó

option-E, then type o or O

ú or Ú

option-E, then type u or U

Circumflex

â or Â

option-I, then type a or A

ê or Ê

option-I, then type e or E

î or Î

option-I, then type i or I

ô or Ô

option-I, then type o or O

û or Û

option-I, then type u or U

Grave

à or À

option ...

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