Formatting Text for a Specific Language

The shortcut keys listed in the following table enable you to format text for a specific language by using the keyboard. After pressing one of these shortcut keys, press the appropriate letter (for example, a, e, or u).

Key Displays the…
Ctrl+ (apostrophe) Accent acute
Ctrl+` (grave) Accent grave
Ctrl+: (colon) Accent umlaut
Ctrl+Shift+6 Accent caret (circumflex)
Ctrl+, (comma) Accent cedilla
Ctrl+Alt+E Euro symbol (€)

These shortcut keys apply only to English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish keyboards.