"u" umlaut (ü) for Pinyin- Simplified input

Question

To find the chinese character for "woman" (女） you must type in the pinyin word "nü". To do that in English, I follow these directions:I type the letter "n" and then hold down "option" and "u"(for umlaut) which creates the umlaut. Then I type "u" under the umlaut and I see "nü".
When I do that with the Pinyin-Simplified input, the letter "n" opens the candidate window, which lists all characters beginning with "n", of which nü is listed as number 72. This is my inconvenient work-around.
If I type in "n", and then "option" and "u"， the candidate window disappears and the ü replaces the "n". If I type in "nu" with no umlaut, then no character for woman/nü shows.
How do I type "nü" for Pinyin-Simplified and have the candidate window show me the character options, of which "nü" in this form,（女), should be the first character listed.

Answer 1

V is the standard convention to represent ü in pinyin input systems I think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin_input_method#Treatment_of_extended_Latin_cha racters_.28.C3.BC_and_.C3.AA.29