# Hypertext Help with LaTeX
\'

## In normal text

Produces an acute accent on the following character.

## In the tabbing environment

The `\'` command moves everything that you have typed so far in the current column , everything starting from the most recent `\>`, `\<`, `\'`, `\\`, or `\kill` command, to the right of the previous column, flush against the current column's tab stop.

See also Environments, tabbing
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