<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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. <div><br><div><div>On Sep 17, 2013, at 2:00 AM, J McClernan <<a href="mailto:mcclernan1@verizon.net">mcclernan1@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>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."</div><div>I do type the word resumé quite often, but when I used your tip, I got this result: resumeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee<br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Cambria; border-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Cambria; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Calligraphy'"><i><br></i></font></div></span></div></span></span></div><div><div>The e just keeps repeating, no character menu pops up. Is it because I am using OS X 10.6.8 ??</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><br></div></body></html>