This guide is always evolving. Suggestions for software or resources to link to are welcome.
Accent & Diacritical Marks
Software for Macs
Software for PCs
Setting Up Foreign Language Keyboards
The following accent shortcuts work with most applications and broswers, including Microsoft Word and Gmail.
Typing Italian accent marks on a Mac:
Accute Accent | é | option + e, then e |
Grave Accent | à, è, ì, ò, ù | option + `, then the letter |
Quotation Marks | « » |
option + \ option + shift + \ |
Typing Italian accent marks on a PC:
Accute Accent | é | alt + 130 | É | alt + 144 |
Grave Accent | à è ì ò ù |
alt + 133 alt + 138 alt + 0236 alt + 0242 alt + 151 |
À È Ì Ò Ù |
alt + 0192 alt + 0200 alt + 0204 alt + 0210 alt + 0217 |
Quotation Marks |
« |
alt + 0171 alt + 0187 |
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The Microsoft Office suite supports Italian spell check. You can set it as your default language in Office for Mac using these instructions.
Gmail also supports Italian spell check. To use this, click on the drop-down menu for spell check in an email and select Italiano. You may still have correctly spelled words appear misspelled depending on your browser settings.
To change your browser language:
Firefox: In the Preferences window go to the Content tab and set the Language.
Chrome: Settings -> Advanced settings -> Languages
The Microsoft Office suite supports Italian spell check. You can set it as your default language using these instructions.
Gmail also supports Italian spell check. To use this, click on the drop-down menu for spell check in an email and select Italiano. You may still have correctly spelled words appear misspelled depending on your browser settings.
To change your browser language:
Firefox: In the Options window go to the Content tab and set the Language.
Chrome: Settings -> Advanced settings -> Languages
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