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Typing in Special Spanish Characters On a Computer
(Word Processor Documents and Web Pages)

Corel Word Perfect® | Generic PC Keystrokes | MacIntosh®

Typing in Special Spanish Characters Using Microsoft Word®
Note You may wish to create Shortcut Key strokes for special characters. See software documentation.
 
  Character(s) Keystrokes  
  á, é, í, ó, ú Press Ctrl + apostrophe (') together, release, then press desired vowel  
  ü Press Ctrl + Shift + colon (:)  together, release, then press u  
  ñ Press Ctrl + Shift + colon (:) together, release, then press n  
  ¿, ¡ Press Alt/Ctrl/Shift and, keeping them pressed, press ? or ¡  
  Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú Click Insert→Symbol, then appropriate Font and Subset. Highlight character, click Insert  
 
   
   
   
   
   
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

Typing in Special Spanish Characters Using Corel Word Perfect® top

    All characters: press Ctrl-W, or click Insert→Symbol, type numbers given below (include comma, no space). Click Insert or Insert and Close.  
    Note You may wish to create Macros for special characters. See software documentation.  
   
á→1,27 é→1,41 í→1,49 ó→1,59 ú→1,67
ü→1,71 ñ→1,57 ¿→4,7 ¡→4,8  
Á→ 1,26 É→1,40 Í→1,58 Ó→1,58 Ú→1,66
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
 

Typing in Special Spanish Characters Using Generic PC Keystrokes®
(In Word Processor or on Web Page) top
  Be sure that Number Lock is pressed. For all characters, hold down Alt key, type numbers  
  á→0225 é→0233 í→0237 ó→0243 ú→0250  
  ü→0252 ñ→0241 ¿→0191 ¡→0161    
  Á→0193 É→0201 Í→0205 Ó→0211 Ú→0218  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Typing in Special Spanish Characters on a MacIntosh®
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  Character(s) Keystrokes  
  á, é, í, ó, ú While pressing Option, press e, release both, then type desired vowel  
  ü While pressing Option, press u, release both, then press u  
  ñ While pressing Option, press n, release both, then press n  
  ¿ While pressing Shift-Option, press ?  
  ¡ While pressing Option, type 1 (one)  
  Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú While pressing Shift-Option, press e, release both, then press desired vowel  
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