Windows users often need to type accented characters on their computers. The easiest way to do so would be to type them on your keyboard, but what if you have an English keyboard? English keyboards almost never have accented characters on them, but it is most definitely possible to type characters with accents on a Windows computer. It should be noted that accented characters can be typed on all versions of the Windows Operating System and that there are a number of different methods that can be used to type characters with accents on Windows. If you would like to type accented characters on a computer running on any version of Windows, the following are some of the most effective methods that you can use to do so:
Method 1: Use the Windows Character Map
Windows has a built-in Character Map with a boatload of characters from a wide array of different languages. Users can search for any character they want, find out the ASCII code for that specific character or even copy it to their clipboard and paste it wherever it is required. This Character Map also includes all the accented characters a user could possibly require. To use the Windows Character Map to type accented characters on your computer, you need to:
Method 2: Type accented characters using their Alt codes
ASCII codes (or Windows Alt codes) can also be used to type accented characters on Windows computers. Every single accented character that Windows supports has its own Alt code that can be used to type it into any field that is capable of processing ASCII code and displaying accented characters. In addition, typing accented characters using their respective Alt codes is pretty easy provided that you know the Alt code for the accented character you wish to type. To type accented characters on Windows using their Alt codes, you need to:
Method 3: Type accented characters using keyboard shortcuts
Yet another way you can type accented characters on computers running on the Windows Operating System is using their keyboard shortcuts. On Windows, there exist keyboard shortcuts for all five accents characters from foreign languages can have, and typing the shortcut for a specific accent in unison with the English alphabet counterpart of the accented character you want to type results in the desired accented character being typed. Here’s how you can type accented characters using their keyboard shortcuts: A sample key sequence would be Ctrl + ` + e to type in è or Ctrl + Shift + ~ + Shift + N to type in Ñ.
Method 4: Switch to a different keyboard layout
Once you have more than one input language or keyboard layout selected, a language selector will appear in your computer’s Notification Area. You can click on this language selector, switch to the language that uses the accented character you require, type the accented character and then switch back to your usual input language. For example, if you want to type a lowercase acute e (é), you can simply click on the language selector in your computer’s taskbar, click on Spanish (Mexico) to switch to it, press and hold the ‘ key and then press e, and a lowercase e with an acute accent will appear on your screen.
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