Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, Jaguar Edition, The

Appendix B. Accent Marks

People always seem surprised to discover that you can type just about any accented character on the Mac. In fact, you’ve been able to do this since about 1984.

Tilde	Press	Let go, then press
˜	Option n	Spacebar
ã	Option n	a
Ã	Option n	Shift a
ñ	Option n	n
Ñ	Option n	Shift n
õ	Option n	o
Õ	Option n	Shift o

Diaeresis	Press	Let go, then press
¨	Option u	Spacebar
ä	Option u	a
Ä	Option u	Shift a
ë	Option u	e
Ë	Option u	Shift e
ï	Option u	i
Ï	Option Shift f
ö	Option u	o
Ö	Option u	Shift o
ü	Option u	u
Ü	Option u	Shift u
ÿ	Option u	y
′	Option Shift `
(` is next to 1, or next to Spacebar; the same key as the regular ˜key)

Circumflex	Press	Let go, then press
^	Option i	Spacebar
â	Option i	a
Â	Option Shift m
ê	Option i	e
Ê	Option i	Shift e
î	Option i	i
Î	Option Shift d
ô	Option i	o
Ô	Option Shift j
û	Option i	u
Û	Option ...