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How do you type an upside down question mark'
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Thanks for the Spanish characters chart...I was looking for something like that to improve my typing ability.
Quentin said:
If you choose to use the ALT+key code method rather than installing an alternate keyboard you may find this helpful
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yay! íóáéñë yay!
Is ALT+168 for MAC? I've always used ALT+0191 in Windows.
there is another Spanish study site, StudySpanish.com. Below is the discussion you have asked for.
http://www.studyspanish.com/accents/typing
Foster
lol i want to learn how to do it without windows,installing.etc Just like how u taught me how to do the ¿
Quentin said:
I assume that you are referring to the vowels with accent marks áéíóú or ñ äëïöü ÁÿÍÿÿ ÿ. They can all be made with the ALT key plus the proper code as is described here for making the ¿. It is much easier, however, to install an alternate or additional keyboard capable of making the letters. Numerous alternate keyboards come shipped within Windows. Other methods are cutting and pasting, installing a separate application such as ALLCharacters, installing a virtual keyboard that sits on your destop, using the character mapping feature, doing all your typing with programs such as Word which has key combinations for making characters, and a few other more arcane methods. I've used them all and I personally find using the US International keyboard is the simplest method. All of your characters remain where they are currently located on your standard keyboard. For instance the é is made using the e key. The í, the i key, the ¿ the ? key, etc. Installing the keyboard takes less than 10 minutes. However, for the non-computer geek some find the concept intimidating and prefer to use codes or separate applications. To each his own. Whichever method that you choose, ask, and I'll help you learn how to do it.
''Amber'? said:
YAY!!!! thank you quentin alot!yay oh oh quentin how do we do letters with the line on top?
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I have just discovered, Mz Badger, that the Mexican keyboard reverses the upper and lower location on the key for the ¿ and ¡ on the Spanish keyboard. To see a picture, take a look the entry started here on SpanishDict by Lazarus1907 in Website Feedback / Comentarios y Sugerencias
[url=http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A326492]http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A326492[/url]
Mz Badger said:
The keyboard is set to: Spanish (Mexico). The trick with the [if the latter then the ¿ is just to the left of the Backspace key (when shifted)] did unfortunately not work.
But, I've found the num lk , and the fn key and I've got ¿ Hurrah! and many many thanx!
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I assume that you are referring to the vowels with accent marks áéíóú or ñ äëïöü ÁÿÍÿÿ ÿ. They can all be made with the ALT key plus the proper code as is described here for making the ¿. It is much easier, however, to install an alternate or additional keyboard capable of making the letters. Numerous alternate keyboards come shipped within Windows. Other methods are cutting and pasting, installing a separate application such as ALLCharacters, installing a virtual keyboard that sits on your destop, using the character mapping feature, doing all your typing with programs such as Word which has key combinations for making characters, and a few other more arcane methods. I've used them all and I personally find using the US International keyboard is the simplest method. All of your characters remain where they are currently located on your standard keyboard. For instance the é is made using the e key. The í, the i key, the ¿ the ? key, etc. Installing the keyboard takes less than 10 minutes. However, for the non-computer geek some find the concept intimidating and prefer to use codes or separate applications. To each his own. Whichever method that you choose, ask, and I'll help you learn how to do it.
''Amber'? said:
YAY!!!! thank you quentin alot!yay oh oh quentin how do we do letters with the line on top?
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The keyboard is set to: Spanish (Mexico).
The trick with the [if the latter then the ¿ is just to the left of the Backspace key (when shifted)] did unfortunately not work.
But, I've found the num lk , and the fn key and I've got ¿ Hurrah! and many many thanx!
YAY!!!! thank you quentin alot!yay oh oh quentin how do we do letters with the line on top'
I am not sure if you have a real ES keyboard or you mean you have set the international language to include ES -
if the latter then the ¿ is just to the left of the Backspace key (when shifted)
Janice said:
I have a laptop, too, Mz Badger, but it has a function key on the top row called "NumLk" which, when active (i.e., when I toggle it on) leaves my 7,8, and 9 keys alone, but turns my u, i, o keys into the 4, 5, and 6 and my j, k, l keys into the 1, 2, 3.In other words, pushing NumLk remaps those keys into a little numeric keyboard, This works whether I have my keyboard set to the language EN or ES or DE or IT or FR. (I never have it set to FR
but wishful thinking, I suppose it would work. Then I push NumLk again to toggle the keys back.I bet you have a numeric lock somewhere on your keyboard. Look around and let us know!Of course if you have an ES keyboard, do you really need to use this feature?
Mz Badger said:
Is there any way of doing this on a laptop, as it does not have a numeric side keyboard? I am using the {ES] keyboard.
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I have a laptop, too, Mz Badger, but it has a function key on the top row called "NumLk" which, when active (i.e., when I toggle it on) leaves my 7,8, and 9 keys alone, but turns my u, i, o keys into the 4, 5, and 6 and my j, k, l keys into the 1, 2, 3.
In other words, pushing NumLk remaps those keys into a little numeric keyboard, This works whether I have my keyboard set to the language EN or ES or DE or IT or FR. (I never have it set to FR but wishful thinking, I suppose it would work. Then I push NumLk again to toggle the keys back.
I bet you have a numeric lock somewhere on your keyboard. Look around and let us know!
Of course if you have an ES keyboard, do you really need to use this feature?
Mz Badger said:
Is there any way of doing this on a laptop, as it does not have a numeric side keyboard? I am using the {ES] keyboard.
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Is there any way of doing this on a laptop, as it does not have a numeric side keyboard? I am using the {ES] keyboard.
I tried several Spanish keyboards. I even got to where I knew where they moved all the punctuation marks without having to look at a picture. It is so much easier, however, to use the US International keyboard unless you're already familiar with a Spanish keyboard. Everthing is where your keys show them. The only thing that changes is how you make the apostrophe and the Quote sign and even those you make with the same keys. Using that keyboard, your office co-worker wouldn't have noticed any difference. If you like that no one else can use your keyboard, however, maybe that is an advantage.
Janice said:
123 chec2...¿ Aha! it works. (The one, two, three was to check that I had properly turned on the "Num Lk", which I saw when I looked up to see that the "k" in "check" was being displayed as a "2".Thank you, Quentin, this explanation and your list will be very handy at work. I had changed my keyboard there to the Spanish one, too, but when a colleague sits down to discuss something and we have to enter something via the keyboard, I often forget and then the poor colleague does not understand why my keyboard "is not working" .. or why his or her password is not being accepted
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123 chec2...¿ Aha! it works. (The one, two, three was to check that I had properly turned on the "Num Lk", which I saw when I looked up to see that the "k" in "check" was being displayed as a "2".
Thank you, Quentin, this explanation and your list will be very handy at work. I had changed my keyboard there to the Spanish one, too, but when a colleague sits down to discuss something and we have to enter something via the keyboard, I often forget and then the poor colleague does not understand why my keyboard "is not working" .. or why his or her password is not being accepted
Quentin said:
If you have a standard keyboard the >
If you choose to use the ALT+key code method rather than installing an alternate keyboard you may find this helpful
