Sunday, April 20, 2008

Typing French Accents

I'm asked quite often how to type French accents: Hold down the ALT key, then type the three or four digits listed below. When you release the ALT key, the character will appear. Note that you'll need to type the numbers with the numeric keypad, not with the row of numbers across the top of your keyboard.
  • à - 133
  • À - 0192
  • é - 130
  • É - 144
  • è - 138
  • È - 0200
  • ê - 136

For more French accent codes go to http://french.about.com/library/bl-accents.htm.