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Keyboards & Mice Oct 19, 2026

typing é on a windows 10 laptop with no numpad

Writing to a French colleague a lot and need é constantly. The alt code trick needs a number pad, which my laptop doesn't have. What's the easiest way to type accented letters?
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finn.mercer Oct 21, 2026
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Alt codes need a real numpad so forget those. Quickest one-off: press Windows key + full stop, it opens the emoji panel, and there's a symbols tab with all the accented letters. If you type it a lot, add the US International keyboard in language settings. Then apostrophe followed by e gives you é. Only annoying part is a plain apostrophe now needs a space after it.
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