# Diacritical Marks **URL:** \ **Category:** RootsMagic\ **Tags:** feature-request\ **Created:** [October 31, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/diacritical-marks/8941 "2023-10-31T21:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaTh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@DaTh](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/DaTh)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/diacritical-marks/8941/1 "2023-10-31T21:53:29Z")
I’m running RM9 on a Mac Ventura version and need to use diacritical marks. In other apps, I just need to hold down the appropriate key and it brings up a box with all the different diacritical marks to pick and choose. That doesn’t work in RM9. I found the character map, but it doesn’t show me the diacritical marks, as it does in other apps. I have a lot of German and Polish names and words. How am I supposed to use them? ---
**Author:** ![alainemk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@alainemk](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/alainemk)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/diacritical-marks/8941/2 "2023-11-01T09:58:55Z")
See the RootsMagic Wiki and scroll down for Mac info: [International Characters](https://help.rootsmagic.com/RM9/entering-international-charact.html?q=character) ---
**Author:** ![DaTh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@DaTh](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/DaTh)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/diacritical-marks/8941/3 "2023-11-01T17:01:01Z")
Thank you. In other venues, I just have to click the letter, the box will come up to pick and choose, and then I have always just clicked the letter and it gets inserted. I never knew what the numbers were for. I just found out. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![fhtess65](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/fhtess65/32/33_2.png) [@fhtess65](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/fhtess65)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/diacritical-marks/8941/4 "2023-11-02T15:05:31Z")
Yeah, so the Polish diacritics aren’t included in the list on that page in the Wiki… ---
**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/diacritical-marks/8941/5 "2023-11-02T15:44:55Z")
Do either of these methods work with RM9 (I’m not a Mac user) ? [Enter characters with accent marks on Mac - Apple Support](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/enter-characters-with-accent-marks-on-mac-mh27474/mac) ---
**Author:** ![DaTh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@DaTh](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/DaTh)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/diacritical-marks/8941/6 "2023-11-02T22:23:35Z")
Thanks for trying kbens. I found the solution in your first illiustration with the accents and numbers underneath. If I hit the letter AND the number it works. I’ve never had to use the number in other venues, as they are grey, and I didn’t think they worked. I need to use them on RM. I finally found out what they are used for. Even though they are grey, they worked. Ordinarily, I just have to hold the key down, and the little box appears and then I just have to hit the correct accent. So I was baffled when it wouldn’t work on RM. I don’t have the keyboard as you described in the second illustration.