Like magic the letter appears with a little umlaut above it.įor commonly used words, Autocorrect is the easiest way to automatically add a diaeresis where needed.Īdd an Autocorrect entry to convert the plain spelling word into the diaeresis version. It’s a prefix shortcut that you type before the letter. Winword has an in-built shortcut to add a diaeresis to any letter. Word for Windows & Mac has AutoCorrect which can fix your commonly used words to add diaeresis/umlaut.
On other platforms there are shortcuts built into the operating system – Mac, iPhone and iPad handle accented characters very well.
Word for Windows has a special umlaut/diaeresis shortcut. For most English speakers, there’s no practical difference between a diaeresis and an umlaut … if you’re curious we’ve added an explanation below.
