
Choose your font from the Font list if it is not already selected.Click the Symbol button on the far right of the Insert tab.One way is to insert the symbol, and the other is to use the number code associated with each character. There are two main ways to enter these letters into Word or Excel. You have the 3 umlaut accented characters ä, ö, ü and the ß (esszet). I am using an English keyboard and the German language contains 4 special characters that do not appear on an English keyboard. So I started to list some vocab in Excel to test myself. NOTE: If these codes are not working, then please make sure you have activated and switched to the extended keyboard following the instructions above.I have started to learn German as it has always been a goal of mine to learn the language. To use these codes first type the letter, then type the code. As a result, there may be unusual display issues with certain fonts or certain letters (e.g. These codes add accents to ANY Letter via Unicode combining characters (glossary). U ring in Czech A-ring in Scnadinavian languages Works with S and other letters as well as C Use Option+N to place a tilde over any vowel including E,I Latin long mark, plus long Y (Ȳ) and long ash (Ǣ). Use Option+E for acute Y and Option+U for umlaut Y Note: If these codes are not working, then please make sure you have activated and switched to the extended keyboard following the instructions above. Check your documents carefully to be sure formatting is consistent. Many of the fonts from Apple, Adobe and Unicode friendly fonts include the extended accents, but some older fonts or decorative fonts may be missing characters. keyboard or to some other keyboard, click on the flag icon on the upper right and select a keyboard from the dropdown menu. A flag icon corresponding to the keyboard will be displayed on the upper right. The keyboard will be switched and an appropriate font will be selected within the application.

Use the dropdown menu to select the U.S.Extended Keyboard ( ).
