Almost all applications support French accents. Guidelines for typing and using accents are given below.andnbsp; lf you need to refer to additional characters, look under the Accents tab.
In Windows, combinations of the ALT key plus a numeric code can be used to type a non-English character (accented letter or punctuation symbol) in any Windows application. More detailed instructions about typing accents with ALT keys are available.andnbsp; Additional options for entering accents in Windows are also listed in the Accents section of this Web site.
For the Template, the symbol "V" means any vowel. The format is to hold the first two keys down simultaneously, release, then type the vowel you wish to be accented. Note: You should use the French Keyboard if you need to type accents on the letter y.
ACCENT
SAMPLE
TEMPLATE
Acute
á Á
Option+E, V
Circumflex
â Â
Option+I, V
Grave
à À
Option+`, V
Umlaut
ë Ë
Option+U, V
Example 1: To input the lower case ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type lowercase o. Example 2: To input the capital Ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release all both keys then type capital O.
Use these codes to input accented letters in HTML. For instance, if you want to type île you would type
andamp;icirc;le.
The numbers in parentheses are the numeric codes assigned in Unicode encoding. For instance, because î is number 238,
andamp;#238;le can also be used to input île. These numbers are also used with the Windows Alt codes listed above.
HTML entity code for French characters: andamp;OELig; andamp;oelig; andamp;yuml; and
andamp;lsaquo/andamp;rsaquo not on Netscape 4.7
Use numeric codes (if available) if you need to support this browser.
laquo and raquo are left and right double angle quotes
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Capitalandnbsp;Vowels
À
andamp;Agrave;(192)
Â
andamp;Acirc; (194)
Ä
andamp;Auml; (196)
È
andamp;Egrave; (200)
É
andamp;Eacute; (201)
Ê
andamp;Ecirc; (202)
Ë
andamp;Euml; (203)
Î
andamp;Icirc; (206)
Ï
andamp;Iuml; (207)
Ô
andamp;Ocirc; (212)
Œ
andamp;OElig; (140)
Ù
andamp;Ugrave; (217)
Û
andamp;Ucirc; (219)
Ü
andamp;Uuml; (220)
Ÿ
andamp;Yuml; (159)
andnbsp;
andnbsp;
Lowercaseandnbsp;Vowels
à
andamp;agrave;andnbsp;(225)
â
andamp;acirc; (226)
ä
andamp;auml; (228)
è
andamp;egrave; (232)
é
andamp;eacute; (233)
ê
andamp;ecirc; (234)
ë
andamp;euml; (235)
î
andamp;icirc; (238)
ï
andamp;iuml; (239)
ô
andamp;ocirc; (244)
œ
andamp;oelig; (156)
ù
andamp;ugrave; (250)
û
andamp;ucirc; (251)
ü
andamp;uuml; (252)
ÿ
andamp;yuml; (255)
andnbsp;
Consonants/Punctuation
Ç
andamp;Ccedil; (199)
ç
andamp;ccedil; (231)
«
andamp;laquo; (171)
»
andamp;raquo; (187)
‹
andamp;lsaquo;
›
andamp;rsaquo;
€
andamp;euro;
Note: The codes andamp;oelig;, andamp;OElig;, andamp;Yuml; have been added for œ, Œ and Ÿ, but do not work in earlier browsers such as Netscape 4.7. Older browsers may also not suport single angle codes (
andamp;lsaquo; / andamp;rsaquo; for ‹ and ›).
Using Encoding and Language Codes
Computers process text by assuming a certain encoding or a system of matching electronic data with visual text characters. Whenever you develop a Web site you need to make sure the proper encoding is specified in the header tags; otherwise the browser may default to U.S. settings and not display the text properly.
To declare an encoding, insert or inspect the following meta-tag at the top of your HTML file, then replace "???" with one of the encoding codes listed above.
Language tags are also suggested so that search engines and screen readers parse the language of a page. These are meta data tags which indicate the page of a language, not devices to trigger translation. Visit the Language Tag page to view information on where to insert it.
For the Template, the symbol "V" means any vowel. The format is to hold the first two keys down simultaneously, release, then type the vowel you wish to be accented. Note: You should use the French Keyboard if you need to type accents on the letter y.
ACCENT
SAMPLE
TEMPLATE
Acute
á Á
Option+E, V
Circumflex
â Â
Option+I, V
Grave
à À
Option+`, V
Umlaut
ë Ë
Option+U, V
Example 1: To input the lower case ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type lowercase o. Example 2: To input the capital Ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release all both keys then type capital O.
Use these codes to input accented letters in HTML. For instance, if you want to type île you would type
andamp;icirc;le.
The numbers in parentheses are the numeric codes assigned in Unicode encoding. For instance, because î is number 238,
andamp;#238;le can also be used to input île. These numbers are also used with the Windows Alt codes listed above.
HTML entity code for French characters: andamp;OELig; andamp;oelig; andamp;yuml; and
andamp;lsaquo/andamp;rsaquo not on Netscape 4.7
Use numeric codes (if available) if you need to support this browser.
laquo and raquo are left and right double angle quotes
andnbsp;
Capitalandnbsp;Vowels
À
andamp;Agrave;(192)
Â
andamp;Acirc; (194)
Ä
andamp;Auml; (196)
È
andamp;Egrave; (200)
É
andamp;Eacute; (201)
Ê
andamp;Ecirc; (202)
Ë
andamp;Euml; (203)
Î
andamp;Icirc; (206)
Ï
andamp;Iuml; (207)
Ô
andamp;Ocirc; (212)
Œ
andamp;OElig; (140)
Ù
andamp;Ugrave; (217)
Û
andamp;Ucirc; (219)
Ü
andamp;Uuml; (220)
Ÿ
andamp;Yuml; (159)
andnbsp;
andnbsp;
Lowercaseandnbsp;Vowels
à
andamp;agrave;andnbsp;(225)
â
andamp;acirc; (226)
ä
andamp;auml; (228)
è
andamp;egrave; (232)
é
andamp;eacute; (233)
ê
andamp;ecirc; (234)
ë
andamp;euml; (235)
î
andamp;icirc; (238)
ï
andamp;iuml; (239)
ô
andamp;ocirc; (244)
œ
andamp;oelig; (156)
ù
andamp;ugrave; (250)
û
andamp;ucirc; (251)
ü
andamp;uuml; (252)
ÿ
andamp;yuml; (255)
andnbsp;
Consonants/Punctuation
Ç
andamp;Ccedil; (199)
ç
andamp;ccedil; (231)
«
andamp;laquo; (171)
»
andamp;raquo; (187)
‹
andamp;lsaquo;
›
andamp;rsaquo;
€
andamp;euro;
Note: The codes andamp;oelig;, andamp;OElig;, andamp;Yuml; have been added for œ, Œ and Ÿ, but do not work in earlier browsers such as Netscape 4.7. Older browsers may also not suport single angle codes (
andamp;lsaquo; / andamp;rsaquo; for ‹ and ›).
Using Encoding and Language Codes
Computers process text by assuming a certain encoding or a system of matching electronic data with visual text characters. Whenever you develop a Web site you need to make sure the proper encoding is specified in the header tags; otherwise the browser may default to U.S. settings and not display the text properly.
To declare an encoding, insert or inspect the following meta-tag at the top of your HTML file, then replace "???" with one of the encoding codes listed above.
Language tags are also suggested so that search engines and screen readers parse the language of a page. These are meta data tags which indicate the page of a language, not devices to trigger translation. Visit the Language Tag page to view information on where to insert it.
