Use real accent marks
You can type accent marks on the Mac, as in résumé and piñata. It's easy to remember that you use the Option key, and the accents are hiding beneath the keyboard characters that would usually be under them. For example, the acute accent over the é is Option e; the tilde over the ñ is Option n.Here is a list of common accent marks: | ´ | Option e | | ` | Option ~ | | ¨ | Option u | | ~ | Option n | | ^ | Option i | Exercise 13:
To type accent marks, follow these steps (using the word Résumé):
| 1. | Type the word until you come to the letter that will be under the accent mark; e.g., R | | 2. | Before you type that next letter (the letter e in this case), type the Option combination (Option e in this case, which means hold down the Option key and tap the e once)it will look like nothing happened. That's okay. | | 3. | Now let go of the Option key. Type the character that is to be under the accent mark. Both the mark and the letter will appear together; e.g., R é | | 4. | Type the rest of the word: R é s u m é | | 5. | Now try typing Voilà! |
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