Accented characters (2024)

The table below lists the letters with accents supported by Wordfast Pro.

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Accent	Sample	Shortcut	Notes
Acute	Ó ó	Ctrl+', V	'= apostrophe key V= any vowel
Circumflex	Ô ô	Shift+Ctrl+^, V
Grave	Ò ò	Ctrl+`, V
Tilde	Ñ ñ	Shift+Ctrl+~, V	Only works with "n, N, o, O, a, A"
Umlaut	Ö ö	Shift+Ctrl+:, V	:= colon key

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Example 1: To type the letter ó, hold down the Control key, then press the apostrophe key. Release both keys and type o. The accented letter should appear.

See Also

The table below lists the other foreign characters supported by Wordfast Pro.

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Symbol	Name	Shortcut	Notes
¡	Upside-down exclamation point	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+!	Either Alt key works.
¿	Upside-down question mark	Alt+Shift+Ctrl+?	Either Alt key works.
Ç, ç	French C cedille (caps/lowercase)	Ctrl+, ,c Ctrl+, ,C	For ç, press Control, then the comma key. Release then press c.
Œ, œ	OE ligature (caps/lowercase)	Shift+Ctrl+&,o Shift+Ctrl+&,O
ß	German Sharp/Double S	Shift+Ctrl+&,S
Ø, ø	Nordic O slash (caps/lowercase)	Ctrl+/,o Ctrl+/,O
Å, å	Nordic A-ring, Angstrom sign (caps/lowercase)	Shift+Ctrl+@,a Shift+Ctrl+@,A	A with ring/Angstrom Sign
Æ, æ	Old English AE ligature (caps/lowercase)	Shift+Ctrl+&,a Shift+Ctrl+&,A
Ð, ð	Old English eth (caps/lowercase)	Ctrl+',d Ctrl+',D	Icelandic/Old English eth ' = apostrophe key

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Example 1: To input Spanish upside down exclamation point ¡ (Alt+Shift+Ctrl+!), hold down the Alt key, then the Shift key, the the Control key, then the ! key. Release all four keys, and the ¡ punctuation will appear.

Example 2: To input French oe ligature œ (Shift+Ctrl+&,o), hold down the Shift key, then the Control key, then the & key. Release all three keys and then type o to make the letter appear.