The following keyboard shortcuts have been tested under Windows XP with SKY Index and are known to work.

Example: To get â, type Ctrl+^ and then type a.

CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter 
à, è, ì, ò, ù
À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù 

CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), the letter
á, é, í, ó, ú
Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú 

CTRL+SHIFT+^ (CARET), the letter  
â, ê, î, ô, û
Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û 

CTRL+SHIFT+~ (TILDE), the letter 
ã, ñ, õ
Ã, Ñ, Õ 

CTRL+SHIFT+: (COLON), the letter 
ä, ë, ï, ö, ü
Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü

CTRL+, (COMMA), c or C 
ç, Ç 

Shortcuts for these characters have been tested and do NOT work.

ý, Ý, ÿ, Ÿ, å, Å, æ, Æ, œ, Œ, ð, Ð, ø, Ø, ¿, ¡, ß

To enter the characters listed above, make sure your keyboard’s num lock is turned ON and then hold down the Alt key while you press these four numbers and then release the Alt key:

ý	0253	
Ý	0221	
ÿ	0255	
Ÿ	0159	
å	0229	
Å	0197	
æ	0230	
Æ	0198	
œ	0156	
Œ	0140	
ð	0240	
Ð	0208	
ø	0248	
Ø	0216	
¿	0191	
¡	0161	
ß	0223