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diacritical marking (accents)

How to make accents on the new generation MacBook Air? Holding down the letter doesn't show any choices, it just makes a lot of aaaaaaaaaa. Help? Thank you!

MacBook, macOS 10.14

Posted on Feb 19, 2021 7:44 PM

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Posted on Feb 19, 2021 7:53 PM

Hello Betty see ☞ How to use emoji, accents, and symbols on your Mac - "Press Control–Command–Space bar. The Character Viewer pop-up window appears"

https://support.apple.com/HT201586

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https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-emoji-and-symbols-on-mac-mchlp1560/10.14/mac/10.14

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diacritical marking (accents)

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