Software Tips & Tricks Quick Tips for Word Users

By Laura Noble

Inserting Accents in Word The Software Tips & Tricks articles, Inserting Special Characters & Symbols and Inserting Accents in Word include codes for inserting special characters such as ¢, £, and ÷ and inserting accents such as ù, ç, and è into most Windows based products (Excel, Word, WordPerfect, email packages, Publisher, etc.)

This tip includes an alternative method for inserting accents into WORD: keyboard shortcuts.

• Place cursor where you want the accent inserted.
  
• Type the keyboard shortcut as listed in chart below.
  
• Type the character, upper or lower case, depending on requirement.
  
• Word will automatically insert the letter with an accent.
  

ACCENT SAMPLE KEYBOARD SHORTCUT

Aigue é Ctrl + ' (apostrophe)
Grave À Ctrl + ` (apostrophe under the tilde "~")
Tilde ñ Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde)
Circumflex î Ctrl + Shift + ^
Dieresis ÿ Ctrl + Shift + : (colon)

Caution: If a letter "normally" is not accented, Word will not place the accent on the letter. For example: Pressing Ctrl + ' followed by b will not add an accent to the letter b.

Get Back in Word

When you open a Word document, it opens at the beginning of the document, but what if you want to get back to the spot in the document where you last edited?

• Simply, press Shift + F5 to get back to where you left off.
  
• Shift + F5 will also move the insertion point to the last edited spot when a document has been opened and multiple revisions have been completed.

Stay tuned to Networking Today in the coming months for more Software Tips & Tricks from Noble Software Solutions.

Laura Noble is the owner of Noble Software Solutions. Laura can be contacted at 519-680-2689 or by e-mail at lnoble@noblesoftwaresolutions.com. www.NobleSoftwareSolutions.com

Published in Networking Today, June 2002.