Diacritical Characters

EndNote references can include special characters, including characters with diacritics, and Greek, mathematical, and typographical symbols. Diacritical characters are a part of standard fonts, while most symbols can be entered in the Symbol font.

Unicode to encode special characters, so that data can be easily translated between platforms, programs, and languages.

Diacritical marks can be applied to the appropriate letter by pressing the Option key and the key that activates the accent mark. The accent mark will be applied to the next key pressed after this sequence. For example, typing Option+uthen releasing those keys and pressing the letter

Examples of Key Commands for Entering Diacritics

Character

Key Sequence

Example

Grave Accent

Option+`+(a letter)

lòuvre

Acute Accent

Option+e+(a letter)

école

Umlaut

Option+u+(a letter)

Büblingen

Circumflex

Option+i+(a letter)

maître

Tilde

Option+n+(a letter)

mañana

Cedilla

Option+c+(a letter)

façade