Use the Insert tab
Click Symbol
Select More Symbols
Choose the accent mark or accented letter
Click Insert
Use keyboard shortcuts on Windows
Hold Ctrl and press the apostrophe key, then type the letter for acute accents
Hold Ctrl and press the grave accent key, then type the letter for grave accents
Hold Ctrl and press Shift and the caret key, then type the letter for circumflex accents
Hold Ctrl and press Shift and the tilde key, then type the letter for tilde accents
Hold Ctrl and press Shift and the colon key, then type the letter for umlaut or diaeresis
Use keyboard shortcuts on Mac
Hold Option and press e, then type the letter for acute accents
Hold Option and press `, then type the letter for grave accents
Hold Option and press i, then type the letter for circumflex accents
Hold Option and press n, then type the letter for tilde accents
Hold Option and press u, then type the letter for umlaut or diaeresis
Use AutoCorrect if enabled
Type the accented character directly if your keyboard supports it
Copy and paste accented letters from another source if needed