Typing the Spanish letters on an English language
keyboard
If you have your Windows® operating system set
up for English language support, you can still enter
the Spanish accented letters and special language
characters on your keyboard by means of the numeric
key pad adjacent to the main keyboard. All you have
to do is hold down the "ALT" key
while entering any of the following sequences on the
numeric keypad:
UPPER case |
lower case |
Character |
ALT sequence |
Character |
ALT sequence |
Á |
0193 |
á |
0225 |
É |
0201 |
é |
0233 |
Í |
0205 |
í |
0237 |
Ñ |
0209 |
ñ |
0241 |
Ó |
0211 |
ó |
0243 |
Ú |
0218 |
ú |
0250 |
Ü |
0220 |
ü |
0252 |
¡ |
0161 |
¡ |
0161 |
¿ |
0191 |
¿ |
0191 |
Notes
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You MUST use the NUMERIC keypad (usually on
the right side of the keyboard). The numbers
on the top line of the keyboard will NOT
work.
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Before starting, you must activate the numeric
keypad by pressing the "Num Lock"
key on the numeric keypad
-
You MUST enter the leading zero in all the
codes.
Adding Spanish Language Keyboard Support
You can easily add Spanish language keyboard support
to your Windows® operating system. This makes it
very easy to switch between languages. Here is how
you can do this:
Windows-XP®
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From the START menu select
the Control Panel
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Click on Date, Time, Language and
Regional Options
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Click on either Add Other
Languages or Regional and
Language Options (they take you to
the same place)
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Select the Language tab
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Click on the Details button
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Select the Services tab
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Click the ADD button
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In the first box select ES Spanish
(traditional sort) or any other
flavor of the language you prefer
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In the second box elect Spanish keyboard
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Click "OK" twice to
close the screens
After you restrat your computer you should see the
letters "EN" (for
English) or "ES" (for
Español) on the task bar at the bottom right
of your screen (just to the left of the icons on
your task bar).
To switch keyboard languages, you merely click on
the "EN" or
"ES" letters and select
the language you wish to use. You may do this in the
middle of a document and as many times as you wish.
We recommend that you run your favorite word
processing program, select a large font and the
"ES" keyboard and
systematically type every character in every row on
your keyboard. This will serve as a useful
cross-reference when you are typing. Note that the ñ appears when you type the
semicolon ";" and that
accented vowels are typed by first typing the accent
(the single quote
"'") followed by the
appropriate letter.
Windows 98®
The installation procedure for Windows-98 is as
follows:
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From the Start menu select Settings and then Control Panel
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Select the Keyboard icon
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Select the Language tab
-
Click on ADD
-
Select "Spanish (traditional
sort)"
-
Click the OK button twice to
close the menu screens.
Once installed, the procedure for changing languages
is the same as for Windows-XP above.
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