ALL USERS: How to add diacritical marks to your writing using keyboard shortcuts

Microsoft offers keyboard shortcuts to add language accent marks in Word; please visit the link for a comprehensive list and for and the most current information. 

The below shortcuts are from Microsoft Support and provided here for your convenience.

Windows 10: There are keyboard shortcuts available when you switch to the International English keyboard. To do so: 

1. Open Windows Settings
2. Click on Time & Language
3. Click on Language
4. Under the "Preferred languages" section, select the current default language
5. Click the Options button 
6. Under the "Keyboards" section, click the Add a keyboard button
7. Select the new keyboard layout (United States-International)
8. Click the arrow in the top of the window to go back to the Language page
9. Click Keyboard, then select English (United States) - United States-International in the Override for default input method drop-down list

Now holding the right Alt key and typing a letter will give you letters with accents. An example of some of the options is below

j

For Mac users: hold in the key you're typing and you will receive a menu to choose from, for example, hold in the "a" key to get a menu for á,à,ä, etc and you can simply select the one you want. This also holds true for mobile users on iOS and Android.