How to Use a Circumflex Accent on a Mac

Half of the Mac's character set can't be found on the keyboard. Here's how to create the circumflex-accented (') characters used in Latin-based languages. This works for âÂ, êÊ, îÎ, ôÔ and ûÛ 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 + i, and then press the letter you want accented.

2. For upper case, press Option + i, 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.

on 11/22/2005 Macs have something called "Key Caps." When you open it, it looks like a keyboard. You can push the option key on your actual keyboard, and it will show you what every letter you type will look like with the option key held down.