Special characters

The following is a list of the most often-used special characters. Remember, hold down the “modifier keys,” the ones that don’t do anything by themselves, then tap the character key just once.

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Remember, to set an accent mark over a letter, press the Option key and the letter (it will look like nothing happened), then press the letter you want under it (see page 79). A complete chart is on the previous two pages.

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