HOW TO TYPE ACCENTS ON THE MAC. Press and hold the keys listed below in the order given. Release the keys and then type the letter to be accented.
vowel if a capital letter is needed. Accent. Example. Keyboard Shortcut. Notes. Acute ? ?. Option+E V. Circumflex ? ?. Option+I
For example ? is input by pressing the ; key and then pressing the A key. Accent. Key. Acute (?). ; (semicolon). Grave (?). ] (right bracket).
o shift plus this key = grave accent (same thing). How to type polytonic Greek accents and breathings: accents (type designated key and then vowel).
Apple Mac Shortcuts for Latin-1 symbols. ` grave. ´ acute (aigu) ^ circumflex accents punctuation ¥ Opt-y. ÷ Opt-/ ç Opt-c. Þ (none) ‡ © Opt-g.
Most accented characters need a combination of two keys plus the desired character. Diacritical mark. Key combination. Grave accent (`).
To type accents with ALT codes hold down the ALT a with grave accent ... Option 1: To type accents on a Mac with the option key
Greek letters on Mac OS X Unicode (keyboard: Greek Polytonic). Greek letter for accents and breathings
grave accent and smooth breathing Mac allows breathings accents
Adding Accented French Characters in Mac OS. Retrieved on July 10/09 from: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codemac.html.