On Sep 16, 2013, at 11:00 PM, J McClernan wrote: > I have one question. The 2nd tip says: "If you need to type a special character, the easiest way is to hold down the letter and a character menu will pop up." > I do type the word resumé quite often, but when I used your tip, I got this result: resumeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee > > The e just keeps repeating, no character menu pops up. Is it because I am using OS X 10.6.8 ?? Yes. If you want to type an "é" you do that by typing "Option-e", and then just "e". ___________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html ___________________________________________