How Do You Type Characters With Acute Accent Marks?
Acute accent marks slant to the right over the top of certain vowels. Acute accent marks are found in words like café.Difficulty: AverageTime Required: A few seconds to type or code an acute accented characterHere’s How: • The acute accent marks are found on the upper and lower case vowels Á á É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú Ý ý • On a Mac, hold down Opt while typing the letter to create characters with the acute accent marks. • Under Windows hold down the ALT key while typing the appropriate number code on your numeric keypad to create characters with the acute accent marks. For Windows, the number codes for the upper case letters are: Á 0193 É 0201 Í 0205 Ó 0211 Ú 0218 Ý 0221 For Windows, the number codes for the lower case letters are: á 0225 é 0233 í 0237 ó 0243 ú 0250 ý 0253 • In HTML, render characters with acute accent marks by typing the & (ampersand symbol) then the letter (A, e, etc.), then the word acute, then ; (semicolon) such as: & eacute; for é & Uacute; for Ú (with no space after the &
