How do I type french symbols? ie: accents

G

Guest

I need to know how to type the backwards and forwards accent...as well as the
^ above a letter for a document that I am typing in French. I know that you
use ALT and then a number. There should be a list somewhere...but I can't
locate it.
 
C

Chuck Davis

You can also select the Arial Unicode MS font. Choose Symbols from the
Insert menu and scroll to the character that you want.
 
J

Jezebel

Most of them are CTRL+ the nearest symbol, then the character. Grave accent
is ctrl-left quote, circumflex is ctrl-shift-6, cedilla is control-comma,
etc. You can also get there -- and do the wierd ones -- through Insert >
Symbol, select (normal text) as the font.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

This is way overkill. All the characters needed to type in French are
available in all common Unicode fonts (indeed, even in the old-fashioned
ASCII ones).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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