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Colloquial Italian
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Typing Accents in Italian Using the Keyboard

Some of the exercises on this website require the use of accents. You can input an accent using only the keyboard by typing certain key combinations.

PC Users

In Windows, accents can be created by holding down the ALT key while selecting a number combination. The numbers required for each accent can be found below:

À
 ALT+0192  
à
 ALT+0224
È
 ALT+0200  
è
 ALT+0232
É
 ALT+0201  
é
 ALT+0233
Ì
ALT+0204  
ì
 ALT+0236
Ò
 ALT+0210  
ò
 ALT+0242
Ó
 ALT+0211  
ó
 ALT+0243
Ù
 ALT+0217  
ù
 ALT+0249

 

Macintosh Users

Grave accent  
(line goes backwards),
for example à

Type Option+` , then then the vowel. For instance, to type à hold down Option+` then type lowercase A. To type À , hold down Option+` , then type capital A.

Acute accent 
(line goes forwards),
for example é

Type Option+E , then the vowel.

 

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