How do I type accents from the Spanish language on my US keyboard?
February 7th, 2010 | 
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Rita asked:
I am doing a report in Spanish and I don’t know how to type the accents and tildes. Help?
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I am doing a report in Spanish and I don’t know how to type the accents and tildes. Help?
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you need change the keyboard configuration to US International
Press ALT and the numbers at the same time,
ALT 160 = á
ALT 130 = é
ALT 161 = í
ALT 162 = ó
ALT 163 = ú
ALT 164 = ñ
What I do is that I go to the “Insert” on the tool bar in Word, click on “Symbol”, select é, á, í, etc. and create a shortcut (“Shortcut Key” button).
For each one, I use the same logic: Control + 4 + the letter. I did that for ñ also and for the CAPS.
If you’re on the Internet though, the shortcuts won’t always work. Then you could set up your keyboard to Spanish but it becomes confusing. What I usually do is that I type on Word and copy/paste to the email.
Good luck!