For users who do not have specialized keyboards, letters with accent marks must be inserted or entered in Microsoft Excel using the steps below.
Inserting accented letters with the menu bar or Ribbon
Open Microsoft Excel.
Select the Insert tab on the Ribbon or click Insert in the menu bar.
On the Insert tab or the Insert drop-down, select the Symbol option.
Select the desired accented character or symbol from the list of symbols. You can scroll through the entire list or select from the Subset drop-down list to view a specific type of symbols.
After selecting the desired accented letter or symbol, click the Insert button.
In Excel 2003 and earlier versions, you can click the More Symbols option to see a larger list of available symbols to insert.
If you insert an accented character using the steps above, once a character is inserted, you can copy that character and paste it anywhere else in the worksheet.
Related information
- How to get letters with accent marks in Microsoft Word.
- How to insert accent marks and special characters.
- Microsoft Excel help and support.
