Adding common accent marks to text

**gwpriester** · 15 August 2021, 12:05 PM

Plus there are some specific to Xara shortcuts

Ctrl + Alt + C for © (or Alt + 0169)
Ctrl + Alt + - for — em dash (or Alt + 0151)
There are several others.

And if all else fails, Character Map then find the right alt character and copy and paste.

**Boy** · 15 August 2021, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by Chris M

No. Using Ctrl+` then e, I get è not é. Ctrl+Shift+` gives me a plain old e. However, it looks like your ` is different to mine. We're talking about the ~ key, no?

No, use the apostrophe (below the double quote).

The Ü comes out as lower case which, in my usage, would be perfectly fine.

Did you press the Shift-key before pressing the U key?

**Chris M** · 15 August 2021, 01:08 PM

The apostrophe...now it works.

Did I hold Shift...of course not because that would make sense, and I'm far too dim for sense.

**Boy** · 15 August 2021, 01:13 PM

**Joelle** · 15 August 2021, 02:53 PM

I use the attached, have been for years.
Of course it requires a keypad.
No problem for me as I have always used a desktop computer.
Hope it helps someone.
:-)
Joëlle

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**gwpriester** · 15 August 2021, 03:48 PM

That's a great chart Joelle!

I am not sure if Android phones do this, and this is totally not related to Xara, but, with my iPhone, if I hold down a key, such as the N a menu pops up with available accent marks. I suppose I could key in the word with accents, then email it to myself, then copy and paste into Xara.

**Joelle** · 15 August 2021, 07:54 PM

Thanks Gary ☺

Good ol' iPhone/iPads, I love the way it remembers what one has done before. When I type my name it appears with the tréma - just click to add to the message.

For my computer I have printed the chart and it lives in an old plastic CD box next to my monitor ☺

Joëlle

**Egg Bramhill** · 16 August 2021, 02:40 AM

Hold key in Ca then hold down the Ctrl key and press the Shift + the Tilde character (next to the 1 on the standard keyboard) and you get Cañon.

On my keypad the tilde is just above the # (hash/pound symbol) but it works as explained by Gary.

**wizard509** · 16 August 2021, 02:49 AM

Originally Posted by Joelle

Hope it helps someone.
:-)
Joëlle

I'm sure it will, Joelle

**wizard509** · 16 August 2021, 02:53 AM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

That's a great chart Joelle!

I am not sure if Android phones do this, and this is totally not related to Xara, but, with my iPhone, if I hold down a key, such as the N a menu pops up with available accent marks. I suppose I could key in the word with accents, then email it to myself, then copy and paste into Xara.

Good tip Gary