CONVERTING THE KEYBOARD TO SPANISH



|CONVERTING THE KEYBOARD TO SPANISH |

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|Students will be held responsible for submitting work with correct Spanish punctuation so you must be able to use Spanish punctuation on your keyboard. |

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|HOW TO CONVERT YOUR KEYBOARD |

|You can convert your keyboard to Spanish punctuation. Required punctuations are upside down question marks (¿Como?), exclamation marks (¡Hola!), written accent|

|marks (oración), and tildes (mañana). Accent marks must slant in the direction you see in the word “oración”. |

|To convert your keyboard, follow the steps below: |

|Click on the Start button on your desktop 11. Click Apply |

|Mouse over Settings to control panel 12. Click OK |

|Click on Control Panel 13. Click Apply |

|Click on the Regional and Language options icon 14. Click OK |

|Click on the Languages tab |

|Click on the Details button |

|Click on the Add button |

|Select Spanish International. |

|Click Language Bar |

|Check 1st box “Show language bar on the desktop” and 3rd box “Show additional language bar icons in the taskbar |

Typing Spanish characters

Once you’ve changed your keyboard to allow you to type in Spanish:

To make ñ: To make Ñ:

Hit the ; key Hold shift key & hit the ; key

To make accent marks: To make parentheses:

Hit the ‘ key and then the vowel Use the shift key and move one

you want the accent on. key to the left of the normal ( ) keys (Use 8 and 9)

To make upside down question marks: To make upside down exclamations:

Hit the shift and = key Hit the = key

To make ___: To make –:

Hit the shift and / keys Use the / key

To make &: To make :

Use shift key and 6 key Use the shift and . key

When you open a new program, make sure that you click on the ES icon on your computer to change to Spanish.

IF YOU DON’T CHANGE YOUR KEYBOARD,

TO MAKE SPANISH CHARACTERS:

To make accent marks:

Hit control + apostrophe ( ‘ ) together, let go, and then hit the vowel you want.

To make tildes:

Hit control + shift + tilde ( ~ ), let go, and then hit the “n”.

If you want a capital Ñ, don’t let go before hitting the “n”.

To make upside down question marks:

Hit control + shift + alt + question mark ( ? ) at the same time.

To make upside down exclamation points:

Hit control + shift + alt + exclamation point ( ! ) at the same time.

IN POWER POINT—you must open a separate Word document, type the “special” letter or character, and then copy and paste it into your power point.

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