Upside down exclamation mark in Flashcards

Question

In the "recall" section of the Flashcards there is no upside down exclamation mark (is there any easier way to say this?) in the box I can click on to insert. If I don't insert one I don't get any points even though the answer itself is correct. How can I insert this mark so I can get full points on any answers that should include this mark?

Thanks for your help!

Saludos, Chica

Answer 1

One of our members, Vikingo, created his own small computer programme for making all the Spanish accented letters, inverted question marks (¿), and inverted exclamation marks (¡) and other characters.

Here is what Vikingo had to say about his programme:

Run this ... . Vikingo's "Spanish.exe" You'll have your characters available within 10 seconds from clicking the link. It doesn't require any slideshows or instructional videos, though there is a help screen that pops up when the program starts. Type your Spanish letters by using the windows key + the letter in question (like win+e for é, or win+q for ¿), or press ctrl+space for a menu where you can choose all kinds of international characters. So ctrl+space and then x will give you ¡.

Here is the "Windows" key Vikingo refers to. On a windows keyboard, it is located to the left (and sometimes also to the right) of the spacebar. It is the key between " Ctrl" and "Alt".

I have used it for almost a full year. It is simple and easy and I've added it to my startup list so it is seamlessly in place every time I re-stert my comouter. Pay attention to the opening prompt which asks if you want to use the shortcut keys. Read over the very brief instructions and perhaps make a note of them for your first couple of times you use them. After that it is a real "piece of cake".

Thanks moe. Its very helpful... - Vaanz, Jun 24, 2010

I have spread the word about this program in several threads. Thank you so much! - danrivera, Jun 18, 2011

Answer 2

I think that we have had previous threads on this and I believe it was mentioned that this phenomenon may be browser dependent. Try using a different browser.

Answer 3

I've noticed this before, I can't find any way of getting the upside marks so I just paste them in from another window. Bit annoying as sometimes you can't do it in time to get full marks but only way i've noticed it's possible.

Hope that sort of helps

Answer 4

If you use Windows or Mac this article from the reference section will help you:

Special Characters

If you use Linux there are other articles for which you can easily search.

Once you get used to typing apostrophe-a for á you'll be a lot faster with the flashcards. I love it!

Answer 5

Thanks, those are both good answers, have to try and work them out now... have tried to select spanish keyboard but it doesn't work as expected yet... using Alt+shift+left changes my font size from 11 to 16... I'm quite puzzled...