\'
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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Revised: Sheldon Green, 1 May 1995.