Accent and special character conversion test



Accent conversion test

Convert this document and compare the results to determine which special characters either do not translate at all or are translated incorrectly.

Acute accents (with A E I O U)

Uppercase Á É Í Ó Ú and lowercase á é í ó ú

Grave accents (with A E I O U)

Uppercase À È Ì Ò Ù and lowercase à è ì ò ù

Circumflex accents (with A E I O U)

Uppercase Â Ê Î Ô Û and lowercase â ê î ô û

Dieresis (or umlaut) (with A E I O U Y)

Uppercase Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ and lowercase ä ë ï ö ü ÿ

Other accents and special characters

Cedilla with C and c: Ç ç

Tilde with N and n: Ñ ñ

Tilde with O and o: Õ õ

Ring with A and a: Å å

Slashes through O and o: Ø ø

Diphthongs (ligatures AE, ae, OE and oe): Æ æ Œ œ

Hat on S and s: Š š

Currency symbols (cent, pound sterling, yen): ¢ £ ¥

Spanish end question and exclamation marks: ¿ ¡

Typographic characters:

Em dash: —; En dash: –

Ellipses (single character of 3 dots): …

Open and closed double quotes: “and”

Open and closed single quotes: ‘and’

Guillemets (French open and closed quotes): « and »

Fractions (1/4, 1/2, 3/4): ¼ ½ ¾

Math characters (+/-, mult, divide, bar, not): ± × ÷ | ¬

Copyright, trademark and registered symbols: © ™ ®

Superscripts a, o, 1, 2 and 3: ª º ¹ ² ³ (as symbols; not as raised characters)

Degree symbol: °

All of these characters are presented here in Times New Roman using Microsoft Word for Windows.

Courtesy of Eric Fletcher, Chesley House Publications.

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