Microsoft Word Shortcuts for Accented Letters: Full Chart

Published October 1, 2026, 4 min read

Word for Windows has built-in shortcuts that add an accent to the next letter you type. Press the Ctrl combination, release, then press the letter.

Full chart

Letter	Name	Shortcut	Alt+X
ß	Sharp s (eszett)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`&`, then `S`	00DF Alt+X
à	a with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `A`	00E0 Alt+X
á	a with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `A`	00E1 Alt+X
â	a with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `A`	00E2 Alt+X
ã	a with tilde	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`~`, then `A`	00E3 Alt+X
ä	a with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `A`	00E4 Alt+X
å	a with ring above	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`@`, then `A`	00E5 Alt+X
æ	ae ligature (ash)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`&`, then `A`	00E6 Alt+X
ç	c with cedilla	`Ctrl`+`,`, then `C`	00E7 Alt+X
è	e with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `E`	00E8 Alt+X
é	e with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `E`	00E9 Alt+X
ê	e with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `E`	00EA Alt+X
ë	e with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `E`	00EB Alt+X
ì	i with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `I`	00EC Alt+X
í	i with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `I`	00ED Alt+X
î	i with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `I`	00EE Alt+X
ï	i with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `I`	00EF Alt+X
ñ	n with tilde	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`~`, then `N`	00F1 Alt+X
ò	o with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `O`	00F2 Alt+X
ó	o with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `O`	00F3 Alt+X
ô	o with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `O`	00F4 Alt+X
õ	o with tilde	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`~`, then `O`	00F5 Alt+X
ö	o with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `O`	00F6 Alt+X
ø	o with stroke	`Ctrl`+`/`, then `O`	00F8 Alt+X
ù	u with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `U`	00F9 Alt+X
ú	u with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `U`	00FA Alt+X
û	u with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `U`	00FB Alt+X
ü	u with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `U`	00FC Alt+X
ý	y with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `Y`	00FD Alt+X
ÿ	y with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `Y`	00FF Alt+X
œ	oe ligature (ethel)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`&`, then `O`	0153 Alt+X
À	Capital A with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `Shift`+`A`	00C0 Alt+X
Á	Capital A with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `Shift`+`A`	00C1 Alt+X
Â	Capital A with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `Shift`+`A`	00C2 Alt+X
Ã	Capital A with tilde	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`~`, then `Shift`+`A`	00C3 Alt+X
Ä	Capital A with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `Shift`+`A`	00C4 Alt+X
Å	Capital A with ring above	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`@`, then `Shift`+`A`	00C5 Alt+X
Æ	Capital AE ligature (ash)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`&`, then `Shift`+`A`	00C6 Alt+X
Ç	Capital C with cedilla	`Ctrl`+`,`, then `Shift`+`C`	00C7 Alt+X
È	Capital E with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `Shift`+`E`	00C8 Alt+X
É	Capital E with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `Shift`+`E`	00C9 Alt+X
Ê	Capital E with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `Shift`+`E`	00CA Alt+X
Ë	Capital E with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `Shift`+`E`	00CB Alt+X
Ì	Capital I with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `Shift`+`I`	00CC Alt+X
Í	Capital I with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `Shift`+`I`	00CD Alt+X
Î	Capital I with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `Shift`+`I`	00CE Alt+X
Ï	Capital I with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `Shift`+`I`	00CF Alt+X
Ñ	Capital N with tilde	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`~`, then `Shift`+`N`	00D1 Alt+X
Ò	Capital O with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `Shift`+`O`	00D2 Alt+X
Ó	Capital O with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `Shift`+`O`	00D3 Alt+X
Ô	Capital O with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `Shift`+`O`	00D4 Alt+X
Õ	Capital O with tilde	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`~`, then `Shift`+`O`	00D5 Alt+X
Ö	Capital O with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `Shift`+`O`	00D6 Alt+X
Ø	Capital O with stroke	`Ctrl`+`/`, then `Shift`+`O`	00D8 Alt+X
Ù	Capital U with grave	`Ctrl`+`, then `Shift`+`U`	00D9 Alt+X
Ú	Capital U with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `Shift`+`U`	00DA Alt+X
Û	Capital U with circumflex	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`^`, then `Shift`+`U`	00DB Alt+X
Ü	Capital U with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `Shift`+`U`	00DC Alt+X
Ý	Capital Y with acute	`Ctrl`+`'`, then `Shift`+`Y`	00DD Alt+X
Œ	Capital OE ligature (ethel)	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`&`, then `Shift`+`O`	0152 Alt+X
Ÿ	Capital Y with umlaut	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`:`, then `Shift`+`Y`	0178 Alt+X

The Alt+X trick

Type the hex code of any character, such as 0142 for ł, and press Alt+X. Word replaces the code with the character. It works for every letter in Unicode, not just those in the chart.