I'm a translator and I use Notion for storing glossaries for my work and for my language study notes. You can toggle multiple keyboard layouts on Windows 10 but I just use International as my default and have for like 10+ years now. don't) you have to get accustomed to pressing space bar after the characters that can be used for accents to tell your keyboard you don't want it for an accent. û é è ö ñ.Ĭon: if you want to type the characters normally like if you are using an apostrophe for a contraction (i.e. Pro: you'll be able to type any character without memorizing alt codes. It takes a while to get used to as it makes it so certain keys on your keyboard have multiple uses, ( i.e. Release the ALT key and the accented letter or special character will appear.This may not be the solution for you since you're only taking French as an elective, but I just use international keyboard. To type French accents with ALT codes, hold down the ALT key, then type the three or four digits listed here on the numeric keypad. In other words, these codes will not work on a laptop until you have a dedicated numeric keypad. They work with the numeric keypad, NOT the row of numbers across the top of your keyboard. On the Insert tab, click on the Symbols drop-down button and select Symbol from the list. Select the cell that will contain the e with accent letter you wish to type. But if you only type them occasionally and you have a full keyboard, you can use ALT codes. To insert e with accents in Excel, press alt+shift+e, type the letter you want, and press enter. Ê with the circumflex accent marks an e after which originally some other letter was written (usually an S), but this letter is no longer present in.

If you write in French on a laptop or on a regular basis on a desktop computer, the best way to type accents on a PC is with the international keyboard. Remember not to write é when the pronunciation is already established by the rules, most importantly the endings -ez (e.g.

E with an accent mark alt