2020-4-2 Merriam-Webster lists ten common diacritical marks, including the acute accent (ˊ), grave accent (ˋ), and cedilla (¸). 1 Today’s tutorial explains three ways to insert accent marks in Microsoft Word: 1. Insert Accented Letters. Add Accent Marks to Existing Letters. Insert Individual Accent Marks.
2020-4-3 How to Type Toned Pinyin on a Mac. Pinyin is a romanization of East Asian languages, like Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, and others. In other words, it phonetically spells out these languages in the Roman alphabet to aid in pronunciation for. Insert Individual Accent Marks 1. Place your cursor where the accent mark should appear in the text. Select the Insert tab in the ribbon (see figure 1). Select Symbol in the Symbols group (see figure 2). Select More Symbols in the Symbol drop-down menu (see figure 3).
How to add accent marks in Word?
Sometimes, we need to insert or add accent marks like 'à, á, â, ä' into a Word document, and maybe some of us do not know how to insert them. Now, the following ways will help us to insert them quickly.
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You can insert accent marks with shortcut shown as the below table:
Add accent marks with Symbol in Word
In Word, you can add the accent marks with the Symbols function.
1. Put the cursor at the place you want to insert an accent mark, and click Insert > Symbol > More Symbols to open the Symbol dialog. See screenshot:
2. Click Symbols tab in the dialog and you can find and select the accent mark you want to add by rolling the drop-down scroll bar, then click Insert, and the selected accent mark will be inserted. See screenshot:

Tip: You also can specify the font you want to insert from the Font drop-down list in this dialog.
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Unicode Diacritics Macro for MS Word
Overview
| Character Sought | Windows Shortcut | Mac Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| à, è, ì, ò, ù, À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù | Ctrl+` (accent grave), the base letter | Option + `, the base letter |
| á, é, í, ó, ú, ý Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý | Ctrl+' (apostrophe), the base letter | Option+e, the base letter |
| â, ê, î, ô, û, Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û | Ctrl+Shift+^ (caret), the base letter | Option+i, the base letter |
| ã, õ, ñ, Ã, Õ, Ñ | Ctrl+Shift+~ (tilde), the base letter | Option+n, the base letter |
| ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ, Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ | Ctrl+Shift+: (colon), the base letter | Option+u, the base letter |
| å, Å | Ctrl+Shift+@, a or A | Option+a or Option+Shift+a |
| æ, Æ | Ctrl+Shift+&, a or A | Option+' or Option+Shift+' |
| œ, Œ | Ctrl+Shift+&, o or O | Option+q or Option+Shift+q |
| ç, Ç | Ctrl+, (comma), c or C | Option+c or Option+Shift+c |
| ð, Ð | Ctrl+' (apostrophe), d or D | No shortcut |
| ø, Ø | Ctrl+/, o or O | Option+o or Option+Shift+o |
| ¿ | Alt+Ctrl+Shift+? | Option+Shift+? |
| ¡ | Alt+Ctrl+Shift+! | Option+! |
| ß | Ctrl+Shift+&, s | Option+s |
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System Requirements for Unicode Diacritics Macro
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Installation Instructions for Unicode Diacritics Macro
How to Use for Unicode Diacritics Macro
| Desired Diacritic | Name | First Key Stroke | Second Key Stroke |
|---|---|---|---|
| á | a acute | a | a |
| Á | A acute | A | a |
| à | a grave | a | g |
| À | A grave | A | g |
| ā | a macron | a | m |
| Ā | A macron | A | m |
| ä | a umlaut | a | u |
| Ä | A umlaut | A | u |
| ḍ | d dot below | d | (not required) |
| Ḍ | D dot below | D | (not required) |
| é | e acute | e | a |
| É | E acute | E | a |
| è | e grave | e | g |
| Ä | E grave | E | g |
| ë | e umlaut | e | u |
| Ë | E umlaut | E | u |
| ḥ | h dot below | h | (not required) |
| Ḥ | H dot below | H | (not required) |
| ī | i macron | i | (not required) |
| Ī | I macron | I | (not required) |
| Ḷ | L dot below | L | u |
| ḷ | l dot below | l | u |
| ḹ | l macron dot below | l | m |
| Ḹ | L macron dot below | L | m |
| ṁ | m dot above | m | o |
| Ṁ | M dot above | M | o |
| ṃ | m dot below | m | u |
| Ṃ | M dot below | M | u |
| ṅ | n dot above | n | o |
| Ṅ | N dot above | N | o |
| ṇ | n dot below | n | u |
| Ṇ | N dot below | N | u |
| ñ | n tilde | n | t |
| Ñ | N tilde | N | t |
| ō | o macron | o | m |
| Ō | O macron | O | m |
| ö | o umlaut | o | u |
| Ö | O umlaut | O | u |
| ṛ | r dot below | r | u |
| Ṛ | R dot below | R | u |
| ṝ | r macron dot below | r | m |
| Ṝ | R macron dot below | R | m |
| ś | s acute | s | a |
| Ś | S acute | S | a |
| ṣ | s dot below | s | u |
| Ṣ | S dot below | S | u |
| ṭ | t dot below | t | (not required) |
| Ṭ | T dot below | T | (not required) |
| ū | u macron | u | m |
| Ū | U macron | U | m |
| ü | u umlaut | u | u |
| Ü | U umlaut | U | u |
| ź | z acute | z | (not required) |
| Ź | Z acute | Z | (not required) |