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If you press the Option key, Key Caps outlines lightly the keys that you can

use in combination with letter keys to type letters with accents or other

diacritical marks.

If you see rectangles instead of diacritical marks on some of the pictures of

keys in Key Caps, try pressing Option-x to see the diacritical marks. However,

you only need to use the Option key (not Option-x) in combination with the

other keys to type letters with diacritical marks.

If you press the Option key at the same time as a key for a specific diacritical

mark and then release both keys, Key Caps outlines in bold the keys for

letters that can be typed with that mark. (You’ll see that most key

combinations for diacritical marks can be used with the Space bar as well

as letter keys—producing the mark without a letter.)

The most common diacritical marks and how to create them are

summarized next.

Diacritical mark Key combination

Grave accent ( ` ) Option-`, then type the character

Acute accent ( ´ ) Option-e, then type the character

Circumflex (^) Option-i, then type the character

Tilde (~) Option-n, then type the character

Umlaut ( ¨ ) Option-u, then type the character

The letter “c” with a cedilla (ç) Option-c

To type a letter or a space with a specific diacritical mark, press the Option key and

the key for the mark simultaneously. Then type the letter that needs the mark.

If you are having trouble getting a mark and letter to appear together, try

again. Be sure to press the Option key before (or at the same time as) the key

for the mark; then, after you release both keys, type the letter to be marked.

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