How to Use a Grave Accent on a Mac

Half of the Mac's character set can't be found on the keyboard. Here's how to create the grave-accented (`) characters used in most Latin-based languages. This works for àÀ, èÈ, ìÌ, òÒ and ùÙ but does not work for yY.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Fontographer (Macromedia)
• PopChar Pro (Uni Software Plus)
• Computer Fonts Software

1. Press Option + ` (the key to the left of the 1 key), and then press the letter you want accented.

2. For upper case, press Option + `, and then press Shift + the letter you want accented.

Tips & Warnings

• All of these characters can be found in, and inserted into your document from, the Key Caps desk accessory, which can be found in the Apple menu.

• Foreign language (non-Latin) fonts are available for purchase, as shareware or, in some cases, as freeware over the Internet.

• Many of these accented ("high ASCII") characters are not compatible with e-mail.