Word has a built-in facility for producing accented characters. For example, to insert an acute accent over a, e, i, o, u or d press and hold Ctrl then press the apostrophe key, release both then tap the letter you want and you get á é í ó ú, and ð. There's lots more, here's a more or less complete list:

• à, è, ì, ò, ù - Ctrl + ` (grave) + letter


• á, é, í, ó, ú, ý - Ctrl + ' (apostrophe) + letter


• â, ê, î, ô, û - Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret) + letter


• ã, ñ, õ - Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde) + letter


• ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ - Ctrl + Shift + : (colon) + letter


• å, Å - Ctrl + Shift + @, a or A


• æ, Æ - Ctrl + Shift + &, a or A


• œ, Œ - Ctrl + Shift + &, o or O


• ç, Ç - Ctrl + , (comma), c or C


• ð, Ð - Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), d or D


• ø, Ø - Ctrl + /, o or O


• ¿ - Alt + Ctrl + Shift + ?


• ¡ - Alt + Ctrl + Shift + !


• ß - Ctrl + Shift + &, s