Holding down the e works for me in Mac o/s 10.8.4. Resumè. I typed 1 to select the first e in the menu. It also works in iOS, but there it's easy to just tap my choice. On Sep 17, 2013, at 2:00 AM, J McClernan <mcclernan1 at verizon.net> 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 ?? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20130917/f71de5d1/attachment.htm>