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How do I get foreign punctuation on my English key pad?

writing an e-mail to a portugese speaking recipient.

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  • 2 decades ago
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    Depends if you have Windows or Mac. With a mac, do the following:

    Alt/Option+E =´(then press vowel you want)

    Alt/Option + I =ˆ

    Alt/Option + ` (top left of key board) = `

    Alt/Option + U= ¨

    Alt/Option + C = ç

    Alt/Option + N = ˜(used for the ñ)

    You can try pressing Alt/Option with other keys to see what you get.

    If you have a Windows, Press

    Alt+ 160

    Alt +161

    Alt + 162

    Alt + 163

    I can't really remember which ones are which, since right now I'm using a Mac, but they give you á, í, ó, and ú.

    I think if you press

    Alt + 164 = ñ

    Alt +165 = Ñ

    Alt + 64 = @

    Last thing, for more symbols, on Microsoft Word, go to Insert:Symbols, and it should come up with a bunch of symbols, just find the accents. And then you can just copy and paste them onto the e-mail. Hope that helped!

    T~

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