# Problem with some accented characters and French keyboard **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\ **Created:** [August 16, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-some-accented-characters-and-french-keyboard/44296 "2024-08-16T12:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![annebourdon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/annebourdon/32/2391_2.png) [@annebourdon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/annebourdon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-some-accented-characters-and-french-keyboard/44296/1 "2024-08-16T12:37:59Z")
I am using a french keybord and I encounter a problem with some characters like î, ï, ô in paragraph and heading elements **but not in html element**. For these characters, I have to type ^ then i for î, or ¨ then i for ï. When I do this in a paragraph element, I obtain î twice (îî) and I have to erase one. There is another option to obtain these characters : hold down the “i” key for example and select the desired character in the pop-up appearing above. This second option works normally. And, like I said above, there is no problem with these kind of characters when typing in an html element. Perhaps, beta-testers using other keybords than english ones have similar problems ? ---
**Author:** ![Bruno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bruno/32/25457_2.png) [@Bruno](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bruno)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-some-accented-characters-and-french-keyboard/44296/2 "2024-08-16T15:01:32Z")
@annebourdon Hi, non je n’ai pas rencontré ce souci mais j’utilise beaucoup l’appui long pour ensuite choisir le caractère à écrire. Je testerai plus tard ce soir avec les caractère d’accentuation de lettres. **ULTIMATE BILINGUAL TOGGLE SWITCH DEVICE :** (so sad not to have a blinking option here 🤪) No I haven’t encountered this problem but I use the long press a lot to then choose the character to write. I will test later this evening with the letter accentuation characters. **ADD** : oui c’est bien un bug : quand on utilise les accents avant de taper la lettre à accentuer cela provoque un doublement du caractère attendu, un tréma (¨) + un “i” = ïï . Ça me rappelle une blague : si c’est deux pommes pour un euro, alors c’est une pomme pour rien… La blague est gratuite. **REULTIMATE BILINGUAL TOGGLE SWITCH DEVICE:** @dan we have a bug! when we use accents before typing the letter to be accented it causes a doubling of the expected character, a diaeresis (¨) + an “i” = ïï . It reminds me of a joke: if it’s two apples for a euro, then it’s an apple for nothing… The joke is free. ---
**Author:** ![miketee](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/miketee/32/27560_2.png) [@miketee](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/miketee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-some-accented-characters-and-french-keyboard/44296/3 "2024-08-16T19:56:44Z")
Bonjour Anne et Bruno! Oui, il y a un bug! Yes, threre’s a bug! I’m also experiencing an issue with accented characters for French, but ONLY on a published (sandbox test) site. In the editor and in local preview (on Safari), the accent is fine. However, once published, it changes to this (tas de merde) ;-). I should be “français”. ![Screenshot 2024-08-16 at 3.54.53 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/a/c/ac5ccb1d6aa01d597852996c210edba9ab2b658b.png) ---
**Author:** ![annebourdon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/annebourdon/32/2391_2.png) [@annebourdon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/annebourdon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-some-accented-characters-and-french-keyboard/44296/4 "2024-08-16T21:05:25Z")
Sure there will be solutions to these problems. I tried to publish in a folder and I have same results in my exported file (tried with encoding set to UTF-8 or western ISO latin) . Let’s wait @dan’s answer. ---
**Author:** ![annebourdon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/annebourdon/32/2391_2.png) [@annebourdon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/annebourdon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problem-with-some-accented-characters-and-french-keyboard/44296/5 "2024-08-17T11:20:09Z")
I answer to myself… @miketee, I have found that, when exported, **no charset is applied** in the index files. I suppose it is not implemented yet. All accented characters are correct within the html itself. That’s good. It is not really a problem with the export or publish thing. If you want to try something, open your sandbox index.html file in your text editor and and add `` just after the tag ``. Is “français” now correct ?