Alternatively, take a look at http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13003 Then, for example,you just type " followed by e to get ë, and " followed by <space> to get ". cheers Rob On Monday, Mar 17, 2003, at 08:32 Europe/Amsterdam, Erik Ableson wrote: > Those are pretty much all compound key combinations - type the accent > followed by the letter: > > Umlaut (double points:) is option-u, followed by vowel: ö > Circonflex (hat) is option i, followed by vowel: î > accent aigue (forward slash) is option-e followed by vowel: é > accent grave (back slash) is option-` followed by vowel à > > Cheers, > > Erik > NB - and these accents have been available in any of the full > postscript fonts sets since the Mac plus. As someone who lived in an > area where french and english were used daily this is waaay better > than dealing with the various means of making accents on PCs. >