Hi Nevermoore,

The simple one-off way is via Insert|Symbol.

If you're doing a lot of this, you might do well to learn the keyboard codes. Here's a way to find them:
Put = ROW() in A1 and =CHAR(A1) in A2 & copy both cells down to row 255, you'll get a list of all the characters for whatever font
you're using. The accented characters you're after will start around row 192. To insert such a character from the keyboard hold down
the Alt key and type '0' followed by the number in column A. For example, Alt-0224 gives Ã*.

Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"nevermoore" wrote in message ...
Hi & thanks in advance....
I'm trying to create a French 101 vocabulary-list generator, for my college
course, but can't figure out how to input the "special characters". For the
letter E, for instance, I need to apply at least 4 different accent marks to
the vowel. I can do this easily enough in Word 2000, but with Excel 2000,
have searched to no avail! I've tried various different hot-key options, no
go. RATS!

Nevermoore