Accent marks

My question is about the site. I don't know where/how to find accent marks, and without them, I can't use the dictionary or translation service properly. Au secours!

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Permalink Reply by Zéphir on January 24, 2011 at 2:08am

Use "alt" codes to make them (hold "alt" and press the number sequence, then release "alt"). These are the most commonly used in French:

à-0224

â-0226

ä-0228

ç-0231

è-0232

é-0233

ê-0234

ë-0235

î-0238
ï-0239
ô-0244
ö-0246
ù-0249
û-0251
ü-0252
The other ones fall in between, just guess until you find them. Bonne chance!

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Permalink Reply by Gayle Ward on January 24, 2011 at 3:11am

I must be doing something wrong. I followed your directions, but all I get is a chiming sound when I enter each digit. Frustrating! Thanks for trying to help.

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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on January 25, 2011 at 10:15pm

Gayle, use the number keypad not the numbers on the top row of the main kybd. That might work.

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on January 24, 2011 at 2:49am

There is some information on the site about how to type accents.

That said, you shouldn't need to type accents to look words up in the dictionary: they should be found if you type them without accents. If this doesn't seem to be working, give me some example words that you're having trouble with and I'll take a look.