I believe I found teh answer:

have to go to the character map to get the code then use 'alt 0225' for
example.

If there is an easier way like in word, please let me know

Thanks

"Brian" wrote:

Is it possible to set a shortcut key to display special characters?

In word you can assign say ctrla to give you á (done from the insert symbol
option) is this possible in Excel?

Thanks