Using tildes and accent marks

Question

For an 'english' computer, what is the best way to program the keyboard to do an accent mark or a tilde while writing in Spanish.

For example, if I'm writing a paper in word document, and need to use an accent mark quickly without having to click a lot of buttons to get the special character every time, could you program it to do an accent when you push "shift + ` ", or is there a better method?

Thanks

I would like to know too! :-) - Leanahtan, Jan 9, 2011

Answer 1

I'd like to promote the use of Spanishdict as a technical guide as well, so check this link: http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/100808/how-to-type-spanish-letters-

Answer 2

Look here

Further to the info via Jack's link. Once set up, you can toggle between Spanish and English keyboard layouts by pressing alt and shift keys simultaneously. - afowen, Jan 10, 2011

If you are using a windows-based PC - afowen, Jan 10, 2011

Answer 3

http://www.csbsupport.com/faq/webgemsd8.htm

this is an old way to do it. ALT+ #### gives you specific characters

also if you would open your "Character Map" from the start menu and highlight a letter, the ALT code is in the bottom right hand corner.

have fun SY

Answer 4

Yes, you can. I was able to do it on my PC in Microsoft Word. I'm using a Mac now, but as I recall, if you go to Tools, then Insert symbol, it will give you a huge list of symbols, choose your desired one such as é,í,ú, or ó, etc, and then you can set that "symbol" to a hotkey such as CTRL e or CTRL o, etc. It was very helpful for Spanish papers.

For a Mac, it's much easier, whenever I want to type in Spanish I simply toggle between Spanish and English. This can be done by going to System Preferences, then Language and Text, then select your two desired countries, USA then Spain.

Just install the Spanish keyboard on a PC, you don't have to go through all the 'insert symbol' nonsense. I toggle between Spain and USA on my PC, Alt LeftShift. - Jack-OBrien, Jan 9, 2011