Typing out in your native or second language might be difficult in this case, and you end up searching on the Internet to copy-paste the accented characters. There are, however, some easy ways to quickly use an accented character or to add a foreign keyboard on your Windows 10.
How can I type accents on Windows 10?
1. Use accents in Windows 10 with the Virtual Keyboard
Right-click on your taskbar.
Locate the Show touch keyboard button option in the list and click on it to add the virtual keyboard button to your taskbar.
Now, press on the button that you just added to the taskbar. Its icon is that of a keyboard, therefore it is very easy to find.
The virtual keyboard will open on your screen and you will be able to write using it.
Click and hold on a character to get the option of using accent versions of it. For example, if you want to type e with an accent, you need to click and hold the mouse on the normal e letter, and you will be able to select from the list of options whichever you want.
An easy and handy method to put accents on letter on Windows 10 is to simply use the built-in virtual keyboard. All you need to do is enable it and add it to your taskbar, and then you can use it whenever you want to type with accents.
2. Use Alt codes to put accents on letters in Windows 10
3. Add a new keyboard layout to get accents on a Windows 10 keyboard
4. Switch between different keyboard layouts on Windows 10
5. Remove a keyboard layout in Windows 10
Typing with accented characters in Windows is fairly straightforward, and there are multiple ways to do it. Windows 10 has made it very practical to add and remove new keyboard layouts for foreign languages while keeping those layouts constantly updated and adding new ones as well. We hope you managed to type accents on Windows 10 using our guide. Write down in the comments section below any questions you have about this topic.
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