Perhaps you even use a specialized keyboard that makes typing letters with accent marks easier. If you type regularly in a language other than English, you probably have this all worked out already.
Here are a few ways you can add accents using keyboard shortcuts and other on-screen tools. If you don’t have a specialized keyboard, you have to do a little extra work to type letters with accent marks in Microsoft Word. Alternatively, press Ctrl+(accent mark) or Ctrl+Shift+(accent mark) quickly followed by a letter to insert an accented character into a Word document.
Open the "Insert" tab, then navigate to Symbol > More Symbols, and select the accented letter you want to insert.