The following is a list of character sequences you use to enter the special characters needed for multi-lingual processing.
Character Sequence Character Sequence
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¡ inverted ! !! ° degree sign 0^
¿ inverted ? ?? ¹ superscript 1 1^
¢ cent sign C/ or C| ² superscript 2 2^
£ pound sign L- or L= ³ superscript 3 3^
¥ yen sign Y- or Y · middle dot .^
§ section sign SO or S! or S0 ¼ fraction one-quarter 14
¨ currency sign XO or X0 ½ fraction one-half 12
© copyright sign CO or C0 ± plus or minus sign +-
º feminine ordinal O_ µ micro sign /U
ª masculine ordinal A_ ¶ paragraph sign P!
ß German small sharp s ss
À A grave `A à a grave `a
Á A acute 'A á a acute 'a
 A circumflex ^A â a circumflex ^a
à A tilde ~A ã a tilde ~a
Ä A umlaut "A ä a umlaut "a
Å A ring *A å a ring *a
Æ A E diphthong AE æ a E diphthong ae
Ç C cedilla C, ç c cedilla c,
È E grave `E è e grave `e
É E acute 'E é e acute 'e
Ê E circumflex ^E ê e circumflex ^e
Ë E umlaut "E ë e umlaut "e
Ì I grave `I ì i grave `i
Í I acute 'I í i acute 'i
Î I circumflex ^I î i circumflex ^i
Ï I umlaut "I ï i umlaut "i
Ñ N tilde ~N ñ n tilde ~n
Ò O grave `O ò o grave `o
Ó O acute 'O ó o acute 'o
Ô O circumflex ^O ô o circumflex ^o
Ö O umlaut "O ö o umlaut "o
Õ O tilde ~O õ o tilde ~o
× O E diphthong OE ÷ o E diphthong oe
Ø O slash O/ ø o slash o/
Ù U grave `U ù u grave `u
Ú U acute 'U ú u acute 'u
Û U circumflex ^U û u circumflex ^u
Ü U umlaut "U ü u umlaut "u
Ý Y umlaut "Y ý y umlaut "y