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The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), is an encoding system that provides a way to represent certain characters using the respective code. We won’t be going over the full list of ASCII codes, as there are hundreds of characters and it’s impossible to learn them all. Insert Accented Characters with ASCII CodesĪnd what use would we be if we didn’t show you the geekiest way of all? If you’re going to be using a lot of accented characters-especially the same characters over and over-it might be worth your time to learn a few ASCII codes. I've been using this awesome AutoHotkey script from this forum by 'jak'. Personally, I like to set my "Compose Key" to the Caps Lock key. Like freecompose, the sequence definitions can be modified.

As of 2021/03, is is actively maintained. WinCompose is a FOSS native application solution, similar to freecompose, but interoperable with the Linux compose definition formats.AutoHotkey in combination with this script that mentioned.This is what I personally use and recommend since it lets you add, remove, and change the key sequences.
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freecompose: Works on Windows 2000 or better.As a result, you can search for "compose key for windows" and arrive at most of these options. For example, to type a lower-case acute e (é) you would do Compose Key, ', e.
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In Linux, you can setup what's called a "Compose Key" which behaves similary to the Mac method. These options will get you the closest to the Mac style. Hardware OptionsĪs others mentioned, you can purchase keyboards that have accented characters available on them such as this $5.00 Latin/Spanish keyboard on eBay. Note, you can toggle between input languages by pressing Left Alt + Left Shift, you can also setup hotkeys for specific input languages under the Advanced Key Settings tab in the Text Services and Input Languages dialog you arrived at after step 3 of the last section. You should make sure you switch back to English (United States) or whatever your native language is. You can then click on this to open a language selection menu.Īs an example, if you want to type out a lowercase acute e (é) then you would single click on the language selector, select Spanish (Mexico), then press the ´ key, and press e. Latin American)Īfter this, a language selector will be in the system tray.

You can add additional input language services for Spanish, German, Greek, et al. There are also a lot of websites that list this such as this one that breaks them down into categories. The easiest is to use the Windows Character Map, if you notice in the bottom right hand corner of Character Map after you click on a character, it tells you the key sequence. You cannot use the number keys at the top of your keyboard.Ī couple of different methods to find out what the number associated with the character is. Remember that Num Lock must be turned on, and you must use the keys on the number pad. For example, if you want to type a lowercase e with an acute accent (é), then you would hold down the Alt key, and type Numpad 0, Numpad 2

You also have to know the number of the character you want. To use the Alt keyboard shortcuts, you have to have a keyboard with a dedicated numberpad, and you have to have Numlock turned on. You can then paste ( Ctrl + V) this where you want to use the characters. Double clicking will append the character into the Characters to copy text box at the bottom, and the contents of Characters to copy will be put on your clip board.Single click will zoom on the character for a closer look.

When you have the Windows Character Map open,
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Native Software Options Windows Character Map
