How can I type foreign language characters?

Mac OS X

Courtesy of Indiana University’s Knowledgebase, here are instructions for typing foreign language characters in Mac OS X. This includes various kinds of accents, the tilde and upside down question mark.

• http://kb.iu.edu/data/anhf.html
• http://french.about.com/library/bl_faq_accents-mac.htm
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Windows

There are various ways to type foreign language characters in Windows. Switching to the international keyboard layout helps with typing accented characters quickly:

• http://french.about.com/library/bl_faq_accents.htm