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How to add accent marks in Google Docs

Insert letters with accents - like é or ñ - from the special characters picker.

Operations
8 steps 3 min Community template
1

Click where the letter goes

Click where the accented letter belongs.

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Click where the letter goes
2

Click Insert

Open the Insert menu.

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Click Insert
3

Click Symbols

Hover over Symbols.

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Click Symbols
4

Click Special characters

Choose Special characters.

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Click Special characters
5

Click the search box

Click the search box. Type the accent name - acute, grave, tilde or umlaut.

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Click the search box
6

Click the letter

Click the letter you need - here, é. It is added at the cursor.

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Click the letter
7

Close the window

Close Insert special characters.

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Close the window
8

Accent added

The accented letter is now in your text. On a Mac you can also hold down the letter key and pick the accent.

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Accent added

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