Type Accents: ALT Codes

Typing French accents
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If you write in French on a laptop or on a regular basis on a desktop computer, the best way to type accents on a PC is with the international keyboard. But if you only type them occasionally and you have a full keyboard, you can use ALT codes. They work with the numeric keypad, NOT the row of numbers across the top of your keyboard.

 In other words, these codes will not work on a laptop until you have a dedicated numeric keypad.

To type French accents with ALT codes, hold down the ALT key, then type the three or four digits listed here on the numeric keypad. Release the ALT key and the accented letter or special character will appear.

ALT + ALT +
a accent graveà133  À0192
a circonflexeâ131 Â0194
a trémaä132 Ä142
a e ligatureæ145 Æ146
c cédilleç135 Ç 128
e accent aigué130 É144
e accent graveè138 È0200
e circonflexeê136 Ê0202
e trémaë137 Ë0203
i circonflexeî140 Î0206
i trémaï139 Ï0207
o circonflexeô147 Ô0212
o e ligatureœ0156 Œ0140
u accent graveù151 Ù0217
u circonflexeû150 Û0219
u trémaü129 Ü154
guillemets«174 »175
symbole euro0128 

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3 Responses

  1. barbra 14 October 2018 / 5:32

    I have a laptop with out the number pad. Is there anyway I can type the accents?

  2. Marie Elizabeth Gaffey 30 January 2018 / 15:08

    I was a bit stuck about how to do a circumflex on a “O” when I was tweeting something in French to a few aquaintances of mine. This site has helped me loads. Mèrci beaucoup!

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