Typing Italian Accents

• Macintosh Accent Codes

• Windows International Keyboard

• Windows Alt Codes

Macintosh Accent Codes

You must use the Option + key keystroke when typing accented characters on a Macintosh computer. For example, to type the letter à, hold down the Option key and the letter "e" at the same time, release the Option and "e" key, and type the letter "a".

Accented vowels
Accent	Sample
Acute	á Á	Option+E, Vowel you want to type
Grave	à À	Option+`, Vowel you want to type

Example : To input the lower case á, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type lowercase a.
Example : To input the capital Á, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release all three keys then type capital A.

Other characters
Consonants/Punctuation
«	Option+\
»	Shift+Option+\
€	Shift+Option+2 (not on older fonts)

Windows XP : Windows International keyboard (Win XP)

In order to use these codes you must activate the international keyboard.

To activating English US-International keyboard,

1. click on the Start button
2. click on Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options
3. click on Regional and Language Options
4. in the new window click on the Languages tab
5. click on the Details button
6. in the new window click on the Add button
7. default input language should be English
8. select United States-International for keyboard layout/IME from the drop-down menu
9. click Apply and OK.

Accented Vowels
ACCENT	SAMPLE		NOTES
Acute	é É	', Vowel	' = apostrophe key
Grave	à À	`, Vowel	` = left single quote

Example : To type lower case ó - Type the apostrophe key ('), then O. For capital Ó, type the apostrophe, then capital O.

Consonants / Punctuation
Consonants / Punctuation	For these codes, you must make sure you use the Alt key on the right side of the keyboard.
«	RightAlt+[
»	RightAlt+]
€	Control+RightAlt+5

Windows XP: ALT codes

To type these accents, hold down the ALT key, then type the three or four digits listed here. When you release the ALT key, the character will appear. You must type the numbers with the numeric keypad, not with the row of numbers across the top of your keyboard.

Windows alt codes
Capital Vowels		Lowercase Vowels
À	ALT+0192	à	ALT+0224
È	ALT+0200	è	ALT+0228
É	ALT+0201	é	ALT+0233
Ì	ALT+0204	ì	ALT+0236
Ò	ALT+0210	ò	ALT+0242
Ó	ALT+0211	ó	ALT+0243
Ù	ALT+0217	ù	ALT+0249