WINDOWS SPANISH CHARACTERS AND ACCENT MARKS
When using Windows you MUST use the numeric keypad (to the right of the keyboard) to type these special characters.
Programming Spanish Characters and Spanish Accent Marks on Word
It is also possible to program Microsoft Word to use a key such as the ALT with the letter or symbol to do the same thing. Go to the
Insert menu and select Symbol, highlight the symbol that you want to program, such as Á (capital A with accent). Then select the Shortcut Key
and "press new shortcut key". The "current keys" will tell you what the current shortcut is to that key. Since I use very few shortcuts on my keyboard,
I have assigned ALT + n to give me ñ and ATL + o to give me ó (accented o) etc.
You will still need the above codes because this programming only works in Word, of course, you can always create your documents in Word and then cut and paste them into e-mail and other types of documents.
Suppress the Red and Green Underline in Word
If you are using MS Word and the wavy underlines check spelling (red underline) and check grammar (
green underline) clutter your document, while you are typing in
Spanish, you can temporarily hide them as follows:
1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then
click the Spelling & Grammar tab.
2. Select the Hide spelling errors in this document and
Hide grammatical errors in this document check boxes.
MACINTOSH SPANISH CHARACTERS AND
ACCENT MARKS
For Capital Letter, press Shift with the final character
|
á |
Hold down
Option and
e |
and type |
a |
|
é |
Hold down
Option and
e |
and type |
e |
|
í |
Hold down
Option and
e |
and type |
i |
|
ó |
Hold down
Option and
e |
and type |
o |
|
ú |
Hold down
Option and
e |
and type |
u |
|
Á |
Hold down
Option,
e and
Shift |
and type |
a |
|
É |
Hold down
Option,
e
and
Shift |
and type |
e |
|
Í |
Hold down
Option,
e
and
Shift |
and type |
i |
|
Ó |
Hold down
Option,
e
and
Shift |
and type |
o |
|
Ú |
Hold down
Option,
e
and
Shift |
and type |
u |
|
ü |
Hold down
Option and
e |
and type |
u |
|
Ü |
Hold down
Option and
u |
and type |
u |
|
ñ |
Hold down
Option and
n |
and type |
n |
|
Ñ |
Hold down
Option,
n
and
Shift |
and type |
n |
|
¿ |
Hold down
Option and
Shift |
and type |
/ |
|
¡ |
Hold down
Option |
and type |
1 |
