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acute accent: foreign words
How do I put an acute accent on a vowel, for example, when typing foreign words in a mainly English transcription? There is probably something really simple that I have missed but I have not found it easy to work out how to do this.
Many thanks,
JSullivan
Re: acute accent: foreign words
On a Mac you can type Option+E followed by the vowel. On Windows it depends on system settings whether you can use a Alt+xxx combination on the Numpad. If you only need a few vowels with accent you could memorize a few combinations, like Alt+0233 for "é" (which is an e with acute as one character!). Or you can locate the Combining Acute Accent in Character Map, copy it and paste it where you need it?
-Han
Re: acute accent: foreign words
In most operating systems, including MacOS, Linux and Windows, you can have multiple keyboard layouts semi-active at the same time: You then use for example an icon in the task bar or a key combination to switch between them. A suitable keyboard layout for your case could be one which uses 'dead keys'. I think for example for 'USA international' layouts, this method is popular. I use such a layout to type Dutch, German, French and similar on a QWERTY keyboard (a German keyboard would have keys for umlauts but not for other accents). Basically you 'compose' the accented character by first typing ' or " or ~ or ` and then typing the character which will have the accent, e.g. ~n or "a and so on. The disadvantage is that to type e.g. " or ~ etc. itself, you have to type a space after it (or on some layouts, type " or ~ etc. twice). For me, that is acceptable, so I almost always stay within that combining / composing / dead key style international layout. However, I could also switch back and forth between international mode and plain USA / UK mode on the fly, using the task bar icon or hotkey. Note that some operating systems allow keeping different keyboard layouts for different windows on your desktop, but I am sure you will find a setting that suits you :-)
Re: acute accent: foreign words
Thank you very much for your assistance.
JSullivan
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