

Press the option key + the ` key (it’s found next to the left of the number one in the top left corner). The accent indicates the stressed syllable in words with irregular stress, as in 'éxtasis' or 'bebé'.

é is an accented letter and is pronounced just like 'e' /e/.

Press the option key + the letter “e” key. In Irish the acute accent (fada) marks a long vowel and so. Then, release both keys and type the letter that you want to accent. If you’d like to just type accents on your computer with your current keyboard then you can just follow the directions below… Standard French Keyboard on a Mac How to Type French Accents on a Mac To get accented vowels on a Mac, hold down the Option/Alt key (), and press the e key. You can also try a website such as which will allow you to copy and paste accents into whatever you’re typing. Check and confirm that the letter e with accent has been inserted into your document. Using the option key to type an accent grave is a bit different. This time an e with an accent aigu () will replace the apostrophe. Then let go of the option key and tap the letter e again. For example, if you want to type e with circumflex (), type 0235. To type an accent aigu, hold down the option key and tap the letter e (an apostrophe-looking character will appear temporarily). Press and hold the Alt key, and then type the alt code of your desired character on the numeric keypad. It can sometimes be difficult to work with an entirely new keyword because not only are you probably not used to using it, but the face of each key doesn’t change so you don’t have much direction on which key is where. It’s usually located on the right part of the Windows keyboard. Are you looking to type something in French, but don’t know how to type those pesky accents? Mac computers nowadays allow you to change your keyboard entirely so that your current keys match that of the French keyboard or even the French-Canadian keyboard.
