Compose Key Tables

These tables show the Compose-Key sequences that can be used for entering accented letters and other special characters when your keyboard does not have keys for them and your keyboard driver does not supply its own input method.

Legend:

  O = The two keys must be pressed in the Order given.
  C = Alphabetic Case matters.

No "O" means the keys may be pressed in either order; no "C" means letter keys can be entered in either upper or lower case.

Latin-1 Compose-Key Sequences

Seq Note Char
! ! Inverted exclamation ' ' Acute accent ( ( Left bracket ( - O Left brace ) ) Right bracket ) - O Right brace + + Number sign + - O Plus-or-minus sign , , Cedilla - , O Not sign - - Soft hyphen - : O Division sign - ^ O Macron . ^ Middle dot / / Backslash / < O Backslash / ^ O Vertical bar 0 ^ O Degree sign 1 2 O Fraction one half 1 4 O Fraction one quarter 1 ^ O Superscript 1 2 ^ O Superscript 2 3 ^ O Superscript 3 < < Left angle quotation > > Right angle quotation ? ? Inverted question mark A " C A diaeresis a " C a diaeresis A ' C A acute a ' C a acute A * C A ring above a * C a ring above A A At sign a a At sign A E OC A with E a e OC a with e A ^ C A circumflex a ^ C a circumflex A _ O Feminine ordinal A ` C A grave a ` C a grave A ~ C A tilde a ~ C a tilde C , C C cedilla c , C c cedilla C / O Cent sign C 0 O Copyright sign C O O Copyright sign D - OC Icelandic Eth d - OC Icelandic eth E " C E diaeresis e " C e diaeresis E ' C E acute e ' C e acute E ^ C E circumflex e ^ C e circumflex E ` C E grave e ` C e grave I " C I diaeresis i " C i diaeresis I ' C I acute i ' C i acute I ^ C I circumflex i ^ C i circumflex I ` C I grave i ` C i grave L - O Pound sterling sign l - O Pound sterling sign N ~ C N tilde n ~ C n tilde O " C O diaeresis o " C o diaeresis O ' C O acute o ' C o acute O / C O oblique stroke o / C o oblique stroke O ^ C O circumflex o ^ C o circumflex O _ O Masculine ordinal O ` C O grave o ` C o grave O ~ C O tilde o ~ C o tilde P ! O Pilcrow sign R O O Registered Trademark S ! O Paragraph sign S 0 O Paragraph sign S O O Paragraph sign s s C German sharp s T H OC Icelandic Thorn t h OC Icelandic thorn U " C U diaeresis u " C u diaeresis U ' C U acute u ' C u acute U / O Micro sign U ^ C U circumflex u ^ C u circumflex U ` C U grave u ` C u grave X X Multiplication sign X 0 O Currency sign X O O Currency sign y " C y diaeresis Y ' C Y acute y ' C y acute Y - O Yen sign | | Broken bar


Latin-2 Compose-Key Sequences

Accented Letters.
  Enter the letter in the desired case (upper or lower).
  Key 1 (K1) and Key 2 (K2) can be entered in either order.

Character Name K1 K2
A acute A ' A breve A % A circumflex A ^ A diaeresis A " A ogonek A = C acute C ' C caron C & C cedilla C , D caron D & D stroke D - E acute E ' E caron E & E diaeresis E " E ogonek E = I acute I ' I circumflex I ^ L acute L ' L caron L & L with stroke L / N acute N ' N caron N & O acute O ' O circumflex O ^ O diaeresis O " O double acute O # R acute R ' R caron R & S acute S ' S caron S & S cedilla S , T caron T & T cedilla T , U acute U ' U diaeresis U " U double acute U # U ring U * Y acute Y ' Z acute Z ' Z caron Z & Z dot above Z . ss (German sharp s) s s (lowercase only)

Accents and special characters; enter K1 and K2 in the order shown:


Character Name K1 K2
Acute accent ' ' (two apostrophes) Breve % % (two percent signs) Caron & & (two ampersands) Cedilla , , (two commas) Currency sign X 0 (or X O, or x 0, or x o) Degree sign 0 ^ (zero and circumflex) Diaeresis : : (two colons) Division sign - : (hyphen and colon) Dot above . . (two periods) Double acute # # (two number or pound signs) Multiplication sign X X (or x x) Ogonek = = (two equal signs) Paragraph sign S ! (or S 0 or S O, upper or lower case) Soft hyphen - - (two hyphens)

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