My other problem is in describing the alternate characters, so that I can group them. I'll try to post in examples of the differences: hope they take Which means me having to add another two columns to my table, and having to relist the numbers and re-alt-ing them.

To type Á, hold down Option+E, then type capital A. So there seem to be two sets of characters and which you get depends on that lead zero. For instance, to type á hold down Option+E, then type lowercase A. ’d not used a lead zero and the characters I get are not the same as in your list when I added the zero they were. Or, visit Google Input Tools and select Special Characters from the right side. I’d started making my own list, going through all the numbers and “alt”ing the result – up to 1050 so far! īut I’ve just found that using a leading zero makes a difference to the result. From Google Docs, go to Insert > Special characters. ALT Codes for letters with accents Uppercase First type the letter, then insert the combining tilde (by choosing it from the Symbol dialog or using a shortcut key that you assign).

How to make tilde letters