This quick access Accent panel is similar to the fast Emoji typing ability on Mac as it’s accessible from anywhere that you can enter text, whether it’s in Pages, Microsoft Office, TextEdit, a web browser and Facebook, Twitter, or just about anywhere else you’d be typing. You can leave the accent menu on the Mac keyboard by hitting the “ESCAPE” key.

Choose the character accent with the mouse, or press the number corresponding below the accent in the menu.Press and hold on the letter you wish to accent, continue holding the letter until a menu with character accents are displayed.For example, if you press and hold on “e” a pop-up will appear after holding that key for a few moments which displays which accents are available for that particular letter or character. New versions of Mac OS allow users to easily type accented letters and diacritical marks by using a sustained keypress on a single key. How to Type Accented Characters on Mac the Fast Way That may sound a little confusing but if you give it a try yourself you’ll see how it works, it’s quite easy once you get the hang of it. Generally speaking you either press and hold the letter to accent, or press and hold the modifier keys, and then you release those keys and then type the letter to be accented. Modern versions of Mac OS offer an exceptionally fast way to type letter accents, and it’s quite easy to use.įor typing most accents on Mac you will use either a sustained keypress, or you can use the option / alt key and another modifier key to get the accent or diacritic on the desired letter.

Type an e with an accent mark