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How to Type International Accented Letters in iPhone Mail

By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

"Cedilla", "háček" and "accent aigu" look and sound great — but if you use them instead of the diacritics they represent things get unwieldy fast.

In iPhone and iPod touch Mail, you can write "háček" instead of "haaccentaiguchacekek" if you're just a bit patient tapping.

Type International Accented Letters in iPhone Mail

To insert a international character in iPhone Mail:

  • Keep the character you want to modify tapped.
    • To insert 'ç', for example, hold down the C.
  • Tap the desired accented character in the pop-up menu.
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