Foreign Character Keyboard Shortcuts
for Microsoft Word for Windows
Use these keyboard shortcuts to quickly insert foreign characters into MS Word documents.

For the Character:    Enter:


à è ì ò ù
À È Ì Ò Ù
  Ctrl and ` (Open Quote), then the letter
á é í ó ú ý
Á É Í Ó Ú Ý
  Ctrl and ' (Apostrophe), then the letter
â ê î ô û
Â Ê Î Ô Û
  Ctrl, Shift and ^ (Circumflex), then the letter
ä ë ï ö ü ÿ
Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ
  Ctrl, Shift and : (Colon), then the letter
å Å   Ctrl, Shift and @ (At Sign), then a or A
æ Æ   Ctrl, Shift and & (Ampersand), then a or A
ã ñ õ

Ã Ñ Õ

  Ctrl, Shift and ~ (Tilde), then the letter
ç Ç   Ctrl and , (Comma), then c or C
ð Ð   Ctrl and (Apostrophe), then d or D
ø Ø   Ctrl and / (Slash), then o or O
œ Œ   Ctrl, Shift and & (Ampersand), then o or O
š Š   Ctrl, Alt, Shift and ^ (Circumflex), then the letter
ß   Ctrl, Shift and & (Ampersand), then s
¿   Ctrl, Alt, Shift and ? (Question Mark)
¡   Ctrl, Alt, Shift and ! (Exclamation Point)