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Apple Macintosh PowerBook 180 computers User Manual

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To type a character with a diacritical mark (such as an acute accent
or an umlaut), you press the Option key along with a specific
letter key, and then type the character.

Diacritical mark

Key combination

Grave accent ( ` )

Option–`, then type the character

Acute accent ( ´ )

Option–e, then type the character

Circumflex (^)

Option–i, then type the character

Tilde (~)

Option–n, then type the character

Umlaut ( ¨ )

Option–u, then type the character

The letter “c” with a cedilla (ç)

Option–c

If the character appears

after

the diacritical mark (rather than

with it), then the marked character is not available in the font
you’re using.

Appendix A: Keyboard and Character Sets 277

The highlighted key represents the
key held down on the keyboard—in
this case, the Option key.

Characters
available in
the Chicago
font when the
Option key is
pressed

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