How does one make a tilde? n/t

[panader0]

[Floyd R. Turbo]

1. :

~

[panader0]

3. You're about as handy as a pocket on a shirt.

Not.

[eShirl]

4. this subthread

[eShirl]

2. On my keyboard: make like you're going to type ! but go one key to the left

[panader0]

6. Duh.. I never noticed that key hanging out over there in the corner.

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Now, how do you get it over a letter without erasing that letter?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. You can't; it's intended as punctuation, not as a tilde.

~ not the same as ñ.

[c-rational]

16. i have always used it as a mathematical symbol for approximately.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Easy-- use the HTML code:

https://www.keynotesupport.com/internet/special-characters-international-letters.shtml


Lose the space in this example:

& atilde = ã

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. If you have a Mac, just hold down the key for the letter you want

until the little menu appears and then click on the tilde: ñ. You can do that for any letter you want to "decorate," e.g., ø, ü, â, etc.

[still_one]

8. Perhaps we should as Tilda Swinton's parents?

Sorry, I couldn't help myself

[tblue37]

10. If on a doc, click "insert" on your toolbar, click "character" or "wingdings" and then find

the room "n-tilde" the list.

[Iggo]

11. Alt Keyboard Sequences.

Alt 165 = Ñ
Alt 164 = ñ

See:
https://tools.oratory.com/altcodes.html

[KY_EnviroGuy]

13. Thanks for that. Nice printable chart.

KY............

[Iggo]

14. Found out about alt codes for weird letters maybe ten years ago. Total life saver.

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(I misspelled "alt.&quot

[Cirque du So-What]

12. With a Sharpie?

[DFW]

15. Use "character map"

On older versions of Windows you went Start-Programs-accessories-Character Map. Maybe on newer versions just use "search" to find it, but it should be there. You will find not only punctuation for Spanish, but French, German, Scandinavian and the alphabets of Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Czech/Croatian, and a few other Indo-Iranian languages plus other useful symbols (¥, ¼ ½, ¾, £, etc.)

Otherwise Alt+126 for the tilde by itself, or Alt+164 for ñ.