Learn how to use keyboard shortcuts in Word to add accent marks, special characters, symbols, and more.

To add accents or special characters, use the number pad on your keyboard with Num Lock turned on.

To manually add accents to your words, long press (press and hold) on the letter and choose the accented character by sliding your finger to the letter of your choice.

Sometimes, putting a border around text will work better in your document than inserting a text box or a one-cell table, to achieve a similar look. Select a word, line, or paragraph. Go to Home > Borders …

In Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, you can apply glow and soft edge effects to shapes, text, and other objects. To view the glow and soft edges options: Select the object that you want to format. …

Learn how to change Windows display language and keyboard/input layout settings. These settings affect the language displayed in Windows, in apps, and at websites.

Adding an International Keyboard. To add an international keyboard layout, follow these steps: Windows 11 Select Start , type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. On the Formats tab, …

In Word en Outlook kunt u accentmarkeringen (of diakritische markeringen) in een document gebruiken, zoals een scherp accent, cedilla, circumflex, diaeresis of umlaut, grafaccent of tilde.

You can change the look of a shape or text box by changing its fill or by adding effects to it, such as shadows, glows, reflections, soft edges, bevels, and three-dimensional (3-D) rotations. A fill is a …

Inserting ASCII characters To insert an ASCII character, press and hold down ALT while typing the character code. For example, to insert the degree (º) symbol, press and hold down ALT while typing …