Accent Marks

Question

Hola todos. New guy. I feel very amateurish asking this, oh wait, I am an amateur. How do I place accents above certain Spanish words using my computer? I haven't found that key on my computer that does those upside question marks either. Is there a kind of software needed? Or am I being too inventive? Also, without the accent mark above certain Spanish words or other language words does the sentence context change?

Para su paciencia. Estudiante Chuck.

Answer 1

Don't miss this thread.

[url=http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A326492]typing spanish[/url]

Answer 2

I tried allchars and it did work nice, but I had problems with it, though, I can remember what they were specifically. Anyway, why add another application to your computer when you already have a built-in feature that accomplishes the same results. And I don't think the word

Answer 3

I find Quentin's suggestion pretty cool too!

Quentin said:

Those slideshows only show you how to install one particular keyboard (US International). There are several others that you may use including Spanish ones (same method of installation), there are key codes that may be used, virtual keyboards, cut & paste, etc. Yes, the accents are obligatory. Omitting them may change the entire meaning or part of speech of the word.

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Answer 4

i find Allchars(google it) does a very nice job with the least amount of work.

Answer 5

That's basically how the keyboards work. You hit the apostrophe key then the vowel that you wish accented and you get áéíóú. If you use the quote key (shift+apostrophe) you get äëïöü. There are simple key combinations for ÁÿÍÿÿÿ ¿¡ñ. You should go to my MyPage and watch the Windows XP slideshow because at the end of it I explain how to make the characters. You can then decide if you wish to try that keyboard. Don't worry, they're easy to change back to the default US keyboard if you don't like it. Try a Spanish keyboard and see the difference. I promise you that you'll prefer it to ALT keys and character maps. I've tried them all.

ChuckJR said:

!Extraordinario¡ I believe this will improve my writing by a mile. Ahora todo tengo que hacer es la práctica. I've tried using the Character Map option, works fine. And, I have also tried switching languages for the keyboard. Still working that one out. I only wish everything was a little less keyboard active. I don't know, something like: hit a single key, highlight the letter and type the symbol I need. But you gotta work with what you got. So I'm not complaining. Bravo to all you bright minds.

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Answer 6

!Extraordinario¡ I believe this will improve my writing by a mile. Ahora todo tengo que hacer es la práctica. I've tried using the Character Map option, works fine. And, I have also tried switching languages for the keyboard. Still working that one out. I only wish everything was a little less keyboard active. I don't know, something like: hit a single key, highlight the letter and type the symbol I need. But you gotta work with what you got. So I'm not complaining. Bravo to all you bright minds.

Answer 7

I usually use the character map on the computer for accents.

Answer 8

Nathaniel said:

I personally use the alt commands to put accents on my letters and ¿¡ marks.

Nathaniel, somebody of your Spanish level should not be using such a crude method. Get yourself an IME and move into the 21st century! You already have everything you need if you use Windows XP or later, and no, you don't need any other program.

Answer 9

Thank you to you all for your help. I have Windows XP. It's already outdated. I believe Nathaniel's advice seems to be the most practical. However, it requires an application like msword, excel, powerpoint or some other application. I don't have any of those. Really outdated. The only writing program I have is wordpad or notepad. I tried placing an accent mark above a letter with both word and notepad using the (Alt) key, and got a nice bell tone song. I even highlighted the letter and tried, nada. But I haven't given up. Oh and by the way, Gracias para su paciencia.

Answer 10

I personally use the alt commands to put accents on my letters and ¿¡ marks. If you open up a microsoft program (Word, Power Point, Excel, etc.) and try to enter a sybol it will show you what the alt command is.

For example:

á = ALT + 160
é = ALT + 130
í = ALT + 161
ó = ALT + 162
ú = ALT + 163
ñ = ALT + 164
ÿ = ALT + 165
¿ = ALT + 168
¡ = ALT + 173

It takes some getting used to, but now it is almost a subconscious action for me. I have noticed that it doesn't work with a laptop or with MACs, and you need to have the number lock on.

Answer 11

Gus said:

1. (reflexivo) yourself ¡vístete! -> get dressed!

The reflexive here is, actually, a direct object as well. Reflexives are either direct or indirect objects.

Answer 12

Te

pronoun personal
1. (complemento directo) you le gustaría verte -> she'd like to see you
2. (complemento indirecto) (to) you te lo dio -> he gave it to you, he gave you it
te tiene miedo -> he's afraid of you
3. (reflexivo) yourself ¡vístete! -> get dressed!
4. (valor impersonal)si te dejas pisar, estás perdido -> if you let people walk all over you, you've had it
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té the drink called tea
My computer is not working right this morning.

Answer 13

Those slideshows only show you how to install one particular keyboard (US International). There are several others that you may use including Spanish ones (same method of installation), there are key codes that may be used, virtual keyboards, cut & paste, etc. Yes, the accents are obligatory. Omitting them may change the entire meaning or part of speech of the word.