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Add accent marks
The UK keyboard has the following accent marks:
Acute (´) | ' then letter |
Grave (`) | ` then letter |
Tilde (~) | Shift + ` then letter |
Circumflex (^) | Shift + 6 then letter |
Umlaut/diaeresis (¨) | Shift + ' then letter |
Cedilla (¸) | Shift + AltGr + 5 then letter Tip: On the US International (PC) keyboard, you can use ' then letter. |
Use the following combinations to type-specific international characters on the UK keyboard.
Important: The AltGr key is the Alt key on the right of the keyboard.
Acute (é) | AltGr + e |
Acute (á) | AltGr + a |
Acute (ú) | AltGr + u |
Acute (í) | AltGr + i |
Acute (ó) | AltGr + o |
Tilde (ñ) | AltGr + n |
Umlaut/diaeresis (ü) | AltGr + y |
Umlaut/diaeresis (ö) | AltGr + p |
Umlaut/diaeresis (ä) | AltGr + q |
Cedilla (ç) | AltGr + , |
Typing Subscript and Superscript in Unicode
The Unicode entries for subscript are U+208X, where X is the number you want in subscript. For example, H₂0 uses CTRL+SHIFT+U and then 2082.
The Unicode entries for superscript are CTRL+SHIFT+U and then 207x, where X is the number you want in superscript. For example, 10⁷ uses CTRL+SHIFT+U and then 2077.
That is, except for 1, 2, and 3, which are CTRL+SHIFT+U and then 00B9, CTRL+SHIFT+U and then 00B2 and CTRL+SHIFT+U and then 00B3, respectively.
Typing Punctuation in Unicode
Use the handy table below for your dashes and other esoteric punctuation.
CTRL + SHIFT + U and … | Character | Name |
2013 | – | En dash |
2014 | — | Em dash |
2015 | ― | Horizontal bar |
2017 | ‗ | Double low line |
2018 | ‘ | Left single quotation mark |
2019 | ’ | Right single quotation mark |
201A | ‚ | Single low-9 quotation mark |
201B | ‛ | Single high-reversed-9 quotation mark |
201C | “ | Left double quotation mark |
201D | ” | Right double quotation mark |
201E | „ | Double low-9 quotation mark |
2020 | † | Dagger |
2021 | ‡ | Double dagger |
2022 | • | Bullet |
2026 | … | Horizontal ellipsis |
2030 | ‰ | Per mille sign |
2032 | ′ | Prime |
2033 | ″ | Double prime |
2039 | ‹ | Single left-pointing angle quotation mark |
203A | › | Single right-pointing angle quotation mark |
203C | ‼ | Double exclamation mark |
203E | ‾ | Overline |
2044 | ⁄ | Fraction slash |
204A | ⁊ | Tironian et sign |
Typing Symbols in Unicode
CTRL + SHIFT + U and … | Character | Name |
00A0 | Non-breaking space | |
00A1 | ¡ | Inverted Exclamation Mark |
00A2 | ¢ | Cent sign |
00A3 | £ | Pound sign |
00A4 | ¤ | Currency sign |
00A5 | ¥ | Yen sign |
00A6 | ¦ | Broken bar |
00A7 | § | Section sign |
00A8 | ¨ | Diaeresis (Umlaut) |
00A9 | © | Copyright sign |
00AB | « | Left-pointing double angle quotation mark |
00AC | ¬ | Not sign |
00AD | Soft hyphen | |
00AE | ® | Registered sign |
00AF | ¯ | Macron |
00B0 | ° | Degree symbol |
00B1 | ± | Plus-minus sign |
00B2 | ² | Superscript two |
00B3 | ³ | Superscript three |
00B4 | ´ | Acute accent |
00B5 | µ | Micro sign |
00B6 | ¶ | Pilcrow sign |
00B7 | · | Middle dot |
00B8 | ¸ | Cedilla |
00B9 | ¹ | Superscript one |
00BA | º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
00BB | » | Right-pointing double angle quotation mark |
00BC | ¼ | Vulgar fraction one quarter |
00BD | ½ | Vulgar fraction one half |
00D7 | × | Multiplication sign |
00F7 | ÷ | Division sign |
00BA | º | Masculine ordinal indicator |
00BB | » | Right-pointing double angle quotation mark |
00BC | ¼ | Vulgar fraction one quarter |
00BD | ½ | Vulgar fraction one half |
00BE | ¾ | Vulgar fraction three quarters |
00BF | ¿ | Inverted Question Mark |
Typing Accents in Unicode
CTRL + SHIFT + U and… | Character | Name |
00C0 | À | Latin Capital Letter A with grave |
00C1 | Á | Latin Capital letter A with acute |
00C2 | Â | Latin Capital letter A with circumflex |
00C3 | Ã | Latin Capital letter A with tilde |
00C4 | Ä | Latin Capital letter A with diaeresis |
00C5 | Å | Latin Capital letter A with ring above |
00C6 | Æ | Latin Capital letter Æ |
00C7 | Ç | Latin Capital letter C with cedilla |
00C8 | È | Latin Capital letter E with a grave |
00C9 | É | Latin Capital letter E with acute |
00CA | Ê | Latin Capital letter E with circumflex |
00CB | Ë | Latin Capital letter E with diaeresis |
00CC | Ì | Latin Capital letter I with grave |
00CD | Í | Latin Capital letter I with acute |
00CE | Î | Latin Capital letter I with circumflex |
00CF | Ï | Latin Capital letter I with diaeresis |
00D0 | Ð | Latin Capital letter Eth |
00D1 | Ñ | Latin Capital letter N with a tilde |
00D2 | Ò | Latin Capital letter O with grave |
00D3 | Ó | Latin Capital letter O with acute |
00D4 | Ô | Latin Capital letter O with circumflex |
00D5 | Õ | Latin Capital letter O with tilde |
00D6 | Ö | Latin Capital letter O with diaeresis |
00D8 | Ø | Latin Capital letter O with stroke |
00D9 | Ù | Latin Capital letter U with grave |
00DA | Ú | Latin Capital letter U with acute |
00DB | Û | Latin Capital Letter U with circumflex |
00DC | Ü | Latin Capital Letter U with diaeresis |
00DD | Ý | Latin Capital Letter Y with acute |
00DE | Þ | Latin Capital Letter Thorn |
00DF | ß | Latin Small Letter Sharp S |
00E0 | à | Latin Small Letter A with grave |
00E1 | á | Latin Small Letter A with acute |
00E2 | â | Latin Small Letter A with circumflex |
00E3 | ã | Latin Small Letter A with tilde |
00E4 | ä | Latin Small Letter A with diaeresis |
00E5 | å | Latin Small Letter A with ring above |
00E6 | æ | Latin Small Letter Æ |
00E7 | ç | Latin Small Letter C with cedilla |
00E8 | è | Latin Small Letter E with grave |
00E9 | é | Latin Small Letter E with acute |
00EA | ê | Latin Small Letter E with circumflex |
00EB | ë | Latin Small Letter E with diaeresis |
00EC | ì | Latin Small Letter I with grave |
00ED | í | Latin Small Letter I with acute |
00EE | î | Latin Small Letter I with circumflex |
00EF | ï | Latin Small Letter I with diaeresis |
00F0 | ð | Latin Small Letter Eth |
00F1 | ñ | Latin Small Letter N with tilde |
00F2 | ò | Latin Small Letter O with grave |
00F3 | ó | Latin Small Letter O with acute |
00F4 | ô | Latin Small Letter O with circumflex |
00F5 | õ | Latin Small Letter O with tilde |
00F6 | ö | Latin Small Letter O with diaeresis |
00F8 | ø | Latin Small Letter O with stroke |
00F9 | ù | Latin Small Letter U with grave |
00FA | ú | Latin Small Letter U with acute |
00FB | û | Latin Small Letter U with circumflex |
00FC | ü | Latin Small Letter U with diaeresis |
00FD | ý | Latin Small Letter Y with acute |
00FE | þ | Latin Small Letter Thorn |
00FF | ÿ | Latin Small Letter Y with diaeresis |