Chromebook Accent Characters
Post date: Oct 20, 2015 2:13:01 PM
To type accents and diacriticals on a Chromebook:
- Set up the input methods one time:
- Click on your user icon and go to Settings, Show Advanced, Languages, Customize languages and input...
- Under "Input method" check the "US International Keyboard" checkbox (Leave "US Keyboard" checked as well)
- Click the "Add" button
- Select "French"
- Also check the “US Extended Keyboard”
When you’re done, your languages screens should look like these:
- Exit the settings page. There will now be a little "US" between the clock and the network connection indicator in the lower right corner.
- Go to the page/Doc where you want to do international input.
- Use left-alt + left-shift; the "US" in the corner will change to "INTL" or “EXTD” or “FR” -- pick “INTL”
- At this point, you can use the right "Alt" key as a modifier: for example, Right-Alt + e = é (with aigu accent)
- When you are done, left-alt + left-shift will set it back to "US" (and right alt will just be alt again)
To enable Caps Lock: leftalt-search (magnifying glass key)
While in INTL (with French enabled) mode:
backtick-e makes an è (grave)
rightalt-e makes an é (aigu)
backtick-a makes à
rightalt-a makes á
rightalt-5 makes € (Euro)
rightalt-c makes ç (cedille)
rightshift-6 then a makes â (circonflexe)
leftalt-shift to change keyboard to “EXTD” and then:
rightalt-q makes a ä
rightalt-r makes a ë
rightalt-j makes a ï
rightalt-p makes a ö
rightalt-y makes a ü
Spanish (either mode):
rightalt-n makes ñ
shift-rightalt-1 makes a ¡
rightalt-? makes a ¿
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Large reference:
English (USA Extended) Alt-Key mappings
Top Row:
1 ¹
2 ²
3 ³
4 ¤
5 €
6 ⁶ (or dead key for hacek)
7 dead key for various high hook characters: ư ơ
8 dead key for various high hook characters: ų ǫ
9 ‘ayn ???
0 unknown
- ¥
¹²³¤€’¥×‘
= ×
Shift-Alt:
~ dead key for tilda: ñ Ǹ
! ¡
@ dead key? unknown pairings
# dead key for ē ā bar over: kitāb
$ £
% dead key for cedilla: ç ş Ş
^ ¼
& ½
* ¾
( dead key for breve: ŏ ŭ
) unknown
_ dead key for dot under: ọ ḥ; e.g., Muḥammad
+ ÷
Second Row:
q ä
w å
e é
r ë
t þ (Icelandic thorn)
y ü
i í
o ó
p ö
[ «
] »
\ ¬
Shift-Alt:
Q Ä
W É
R Ë
T Þ (Icelandic Thorn)
Y Ü
U Ú
I Í
O Ó
P Ö
{ “
} ”
| ¦
Third Row:
a á
s ß (schloss s)
d ð (eth)
f f
g g
h h
j ï
k œ
l ø
; ¶
' dead key for acute accent (case insensitive: áÁ éÉ íÍ óÓ úÚ
Shift-Alt:
A Á
S ß
D Ð (capital Eth)
F F
G G
H H
J Ï
K Œ
L Ø
: ° (degree sign)
" dead key for umlaut (case insensitive): äÄ ëË ïÏ öÖ üÜ
Fourth Row:
z æ
x œ
c ©
v ®
b b
n ñ
m µ
, ç
. dead key for dot over: ȧ ė ṅṄ
/ ¿
Shift-Alt:
Z Æ
X Œ
C ©
V ®
B B
N Ñ
M unknown
< Ç
> dead key for hacek (case insensitive): ǒ Ǒ
? dead key for unknown diacritic: ả ỏ
Source: http://sites.hanovernorwichschools.org/techsupport/howtos/google/chromebook-accent-characters