How to Type Spanish Characters on Your Computer



How to Type Spanish Characters on Your Computer

| METHOD 1 - | |METHOD 2 – |

|Typing Spanish Characters in WORD | |Typing Spanish Characters with a MAC |

| Press |To produce | | Press |To produce |

| |á, é, í, ó, ú, ý | | |á, é, í, ó, ú, ý |

|CTRL + ' (APOSTROPHE) |Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý | |The OPTION Key + e |Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý |

|then the vowel | | |then the vowel | |

|CTRL + SHIFT + ~ (TILDE) then the letter n|ñ | |Type OPTION + N, then either lowercase n for ñ |ñ |

|or N |Ñ | |or capital N for Ñ |Ñ |

|CTRL + SHIFT + : (COLON) then the letter o|ö | |Type OPTION + o, then either lowercase o for ö |ö |

|or O |Ö | |or capital O for Ö. |Ö |

|CTRL + SHIFT + : (COLON) then the letter u|ü | |Type OPTION + U, then either lowercase u for ü |ü |

|or U |Ü | |or capital U for Ü. |Ü |

|ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + ?  |¿ | | |¿ |

|(all at the same time) | | |SHIFT + OPTION + ? | |

|ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + !   |¡  | | |¡  |

|(all at the same time) | | |OPTION +1 | |

| | | | | |

|METHOD 3 - | |METHOD 4 - |

|Typing Spanish Characters using ALT key | |Typing Spanish Characters using Fn and ALT keys |

|This works for ANY program while using a desktop computer. | |This works for ANY program, while using a LAPTOP computer. |

|(see Method 4 for laptop computers) | |(see Method 3 for desktop computers)  |

| | |NOTE: You might have to press the "Num Lk" button at the top of the screen and |

| | |turn on the Num Lock light. |

| | | | | |

|Print the chart on the right and tape to |Use the Alt key and the KEYPAD to| |Print the chart on the right and keep it |Use the Alt key and the KEYPAD to |

|you monitor.  It can be used as a handy |create these characters. | |handy.  It can be used as a guide to type |create these characters. |

|guide to type Spanish characters in ANY |Spanish | |Spanish characters in ANY program. |Spanish |

|program. |á........ 160 | |  |á........ 160 |

|Be sure your NUM LOCK light on your |é........ 130 | |Hold down the Fn key and the ALT key |é........ 130 |

|keyboard is on (the NUM LOCK key is on |í........ 161 | |Type the number shown on the chart using the |í........ 161 |

|your keypad) |ó....... 162 | |embedded numberpad (small blue numbers on the |ó....... 162 |

|Hold down the ALT key |ú....... 163 | |keyboard) |ú....... 163 |

|Type the number shown on the chart with |  | |Release the Fn and ALT key |  |

|your KEYPAD |Á......0193 | | |Á......0193 |

|Release the ALT key |É....... 144 | | |É....... 144 |

| |Í...... 0205 | |Your special character will appear. |Í...... 0205 |

|Your special character will appear. |Ó..... 0211 | | |Ó..... 0211 |

|  |Ú..... 0218 | |  |Ú..... 0218 |

|( ( |  | |( ( |  |

|º........ 0186 (masculine ordinal) |ñ....... 164 | |º........ 0186 (masculine ordinal) |ñ....... 164 |

|ª......... 0170 (feminine ordinal) |Ñ....... 165 | |ª......... 0170 (feminine ordinal) |Ñ....... 165 |

| |  | | |  |

| |¿........ 168 | | |¿........ 168 |

| |¡........ 173 | | |¡........ 173 |

| |«........ 0171 | | | «........ 0171 |

| |»........ 0187 | | |»........ 0187 |

| |  | | | |

| | Other | | | Other |

| |ö....... 148 | | |ö....... 148 |

| |Ö....... 153 | | |Ö....... 153 |

| |ü........ 129 | | |ü........ 129 |

| |Ü....... 154  | | |Ü....... 154 |

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