how do I add accents for foreign words when using excel?

[Guest]

I am writing a verb table using excel and the language in use is mainly
portuguese. How do I insert accents where required withoutbthe symbols that I
can use in Word?

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Insert - Symbol should do it. There are keyboard shortcuts, too. Alt +
0232, for example, will give you è, an e with an accent grave. You need
to use the numeric keyboard to enter the digits, not the top row
numbers.

Bill

I am writing a verb table using excel and the language in use is mainly
portuguese. How do I insert accents where required withoutbthe symbols
that I
can use in Word?

 

[Gord Dibben]

dev

Depending upon your version of Excel......newer than XL97 you should have
Symbol on your Insert menu.

Insert>Symbol and select the font and symbol you want.

If you are running an earlier version, you can open the Windows Character Map
and pick from there.

Chip Pearson has a SYMBOLIZER add-in that works well.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/chars.htm


Gord Dibben Excel MVP