Diacritical+Markings

Question: How do I use the Mac keyboard to create the unique letters and diacritic marks associated with different languages?

Answer: The solution is in your Mac system preferences. See details below. The need for unique letters and markings from foreign languages: media type="custom" key="4114853"

How to set it up in System Preferences: media type="custom" key="4115021" For an exhaustive menu of the letters and diacritic markings in various languages you can select a floating 'keyboard viewer' from which to select these markings. This is how it is done:





Here is the German floating 'keyboard viewer.'

If you do not undestand how to access the floating 'keyboard viewer'' for the various languages from the directions above, here it is again expained another way:

Here are some keyboard shortcuts for some of the more common diacritic marks: