It may happen that you need to enter a text whose first letter begins with an accented uppercase letter. There are several solutions.
Copy and Paste
The easiest solution, is to find a text containing such accented characters and make a copy/paste. Below the main accented letters used in the French language:
À Á Â Ä Å Ã Æ Ç É È Ê Ë Í Ì Î Ï Ñ Ó Ò Ô Ö Ø Õ OE Ú Ù Û Ü Ý Y
Using a Key Combination
You can also enter accented uppercase letters using the Alt key in combination with a corresponding Unicode value. Here are the codes for the main accented letters:
- Á = alt + 181
- Â = alt + 182
- À = alt + 183
- Ã = alt + 199
- Ç = alt + 128
- È = alt + 212
- É = alt + 144
- Ë = alt + 211
- Ê = alt + 210
- Ñ = alt + 165
- Ö = alt + 153
- Ú = alt + 233
- Û = alt + 234
- Ù = alt + 235
- Ü = alt 154
The Character Map
The last solution is to use the Windows character table.
- Start > Accessories > Command Prompt
- Then enter the following command:
charmap
Android and iOS
- Tap and hold on a letter to view a list of accented characters:
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