For users who do not have specialized keyboards, letters with accent marks must be inserted or entered in Microsoft PowerPoint using the steps below.
Inserting accented letters with the menu bar or Ribbon
To insert accented characters in PowerPoint, follow these steps.
Open Microsoft PowerPoint.
Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon or click Insert in the menu bar.
On the Insert tab or the Insert drop-down menu, select the Symbol option.
Select the desired accented character or symbol from the list of symbols. You can scroll through the entire list or select from the Subset drop-down list to view a specific type of symbols.
After selecting the desired accented letter or symbol, click the Insert button.
Use third-party program
For third-party software capable of inserting accented characters, see: How to insert accent marks and special characters.
In PowerPoint 2003 and earlier versions, you can click the More Symbols option to see a larger list of available symbols to insert.
If you insert an accented character or other symbol using the steps above, once a character is inserted, you can copy and paste that character anywhere else in the slide deck.
Related information
- How to insert symbols or special characters in a word processor.
- How to get letters with accent marks in Microsoft Word.
- How to get letters with accent marks in Microsoft Excel.
- See the accent mark and PowerPoint definitions for further information and links.
- Software help and support.
