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08-31-2008, 01:56 AM
Spanish accents and symbols / Acentos y símbolos en español PC & Mac & Linux
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How to type Spanish accents and symbols in PC, Mac and GNU/Linux
Á, á, É, é, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, Ü, ü, Ñ, ñ, ¡ (exclamation mark), ¿ (question mark)
Mozilla Firefox users should also check the second post in this thread.
PC
There are two main options: using the international US keyboard or the ASCII codes.
- INTERNATIONAL US KEYBOARD
(Needs instalation, see details in the links below)
' (apostrophe) + e/u/i/o/a → é/ú/í/ó/á
" (quotation mark) + u → ü
~ (tilde) + n → ñ
Right ALT key + / → ¿
Right ALT key + 1 → ¡
Right ALT key + 5 → €
For capital letters press SHIFT while hitting the letter you want to put the accent on.
- How to install it and complete list of symbols:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...6560&sd=tech#2
http://www.starr.net/is/type/kbh.html#change
- ASCII CODES
Alt + 0193 → Á
Alt + 0201/144 → É
Alt + 0205 → Í
Alt + 0211 → Ó
Alt + 0218 → Ú
Alt + 0220/154 → Ü
Alt + 0209/165 → Ñ
Alt + 0225/ 160 → á
Alt + 0233/130 → é
Alt + 0237/161 → í
Alt + 0243/162 → ó
Alt + 0250/163 → ú
Alt + 0252/129 → ü
Alt + 0241/164 → ñ
Alt + 0191/168 → ¿
Alt + 0161/173 → ¡
Alt + 0128 → €
Alt + 126 → ~
Expanded list of Alt + Number combinations:
Lista expandida de códigos Alt + Número:
http://www.starr.net/is/type/altnum.htm
http://www.lookuptables.com/
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MacIntosh
- Option key + e, and then “letter to be accented”
Example: Option key + e, then “o” → ó/Ó
- Option key + n, and then “n” → ñ/Ñ
- Option key + u, and then “u” → ü/Ü
- Option key + 1 → ¡
- Option key + Shift + ? → ¿
- Shift + Option key + 2 → €
Expanded accent codes and foreign symbols for Mac:
Lista expandida de acentos y símbolos extranjeros para Mac:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/i...s/codemac.html
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GNU/Linux
Alt Gr + ; and then a/e/i/o/u → á/é/í/ó/ú
Alt Gr + [ and then u → ü
Alt Gr + ] and then “n” → ñ
Alt Gr + Shift + 1 → ¡
Alt Gr + Shift + - → ¿
You can check what accent a key produces by pressing it twice.
Expanded list of combinations:
Lista expandida de combinaciones:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Accented_Characters
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How to type Spanish accents and symbols in PC, Mac and GNU/Linux
Á, á, É, é, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, Ü, ü, Ñ, ñ, ¡ (exclamation mark), ¿ (question mark)
Mozilla Firefox users should also check the second post in this thread.
PC
There are two main options: using the international US keyboard or the ASCII codes.
- INTERNATIONAL US KEYBOARD
(Needs instalation, see details in the links below)
' (apostrophe) + e/u/i/o/a → é/ú/í/ó/á
" (quotation mark) + u → ü
~ (tilde) + n → ñ
Right ALT key + / → ¿
Right ALT key + 1 → ¡
Right ALT key + 5 → €
For capital letters press SHIFT while hitting the letter you want to put the accent on.
- How to install it and complete list of symbols:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...6560&sd=tech#2
http://www.starr.net/is/type/kbh.html#change
- ASCII CODES
Alt + 0193 → Á
Alt + 0201/144 → É
Alt + 0205 → Í
Alt + 0211 → Ó
Alt + 0218 → Ú
Alt + 0220/154 → Ü
Alt + 0209/165 → Ñ
Alt + 0225/ 160 → á
Alt + 0233/130 → é
Alt + 0237/161 → í
Alt + 0243/162 → ó
Alt + 0250/163 → ú
Alt + 0252/129 → ü
Alt + 0241/164 → ñ
Alt + 0191/168 → ¿
Alt + 0161/173 → ¡
Alt + 0128 → €
Alt + 126 → ~
Expanded list of Alt + Number combinations:
Lista expandida de códigos Alt + Número:
http://www.starr.net/is/type/altnum.htm
http://www.lookuptables.com/
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MacIntosh
- Option key + e, and then “letter to be accented”
Example: Option key + e, then “o” → ó/Ó
- Option key + n, and then “n” → ñ/Ñ
- Option key + u, and then “u” → ü/Ü
- Option key + 1 → ¡
- Option key + Shift + ? → ¿
- Shift + Option key + 2 → €
Expanded accent codes and foreign symbols for Mac:
Lista expandida de acentos y símbolos extranjeros para Mac:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/i...s/codemac.html
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GNU/Linux
Alt Gr + ; and then a/e/i/o/u → á/é/í/ó/ú
Alt Gr + [ and then u → ü
Alt Gr + ] and then “n” → ñ
Alt Gr + Shift + 1 → ¡
Alt Gr + Shift + - → ¿
You can check what accent a key produces by pressing it twice.
Expanded list of combinations:
Lista expandida de combinaciones:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Accented_Characters