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How to Type Accents on Windows 10 Keyboards
Write in different languages using your Windows 10 keyboard
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Updated onOctober 9, 2023
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If you’re using the standard US English keyboard on your Windows 10 PC, you might have noticed that you cannot use accent characters.
Typing out in your native or second language might be difficult, and you search the Internet to copy-paste the accented characters.
However, there are some easy ways to quickly use an accented character or add a foreign keyboard to your Windows 10.
How can I type accents on Windows 10?
1. Use accents in Windows 10 with the Virtual Keyboard
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Right-click on your taskbar.
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Locate theShow touch keyboard buttonoption in the list and click on it to add the virtual keyboard button to your taskbar.
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Now, press on the button that you just added to the taskbar. Its icon is that of a keyboard, therefore it is very easy to find.
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The virtual keyboard will open on your screen and you will be able to write using it.
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Click and hold on a character to get the option of using accent versions of it.
For example, if you want to type e with an accent, you need to click and hold the mouse on the normal e letter, and you will be able to select from the list of options whichever you want.
An easy and handy method to put accents on letter on Windows 10 is to simply use the built-in virtual keyboard.
All you need to do is enable it and add it to your taskbar, and then you can use it whenever you want to type with accents.
2. Use Alt codes to put accents on letters in Windows 10
3. Add a new keyboard layout to get accents on a Windows 10 keyboard
4. Switch between different keyboard layouts on Windows 10
5. Remove a keyboard layout in Windows 10
Typingwith accented characters in Windows is relatively straightforward, and there are multiple ways to do it.
Windows 10 has made it very practical to add and remove newkeyboard layoutsfor foreign languages while keeping those layouts constantly updated and adding new ones.
If you have upgraded to the latest OS, here’s our guide onhow to type accents on Windows 11, and if you want todisable them, read this guide.
We hope you managed to type accents on Windows 10 using our guide. In the comments section below, write down any questions you have about this topic.
More about the topics:Keyboard issues,windows 10
Milan Stanojevic
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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
