Making Spanish Characters
Window 95-98 and beyond
1.
Close all
of your programs.
2.
Shut your
system down.
3.
Re-start
your system.
4.
Open
Control Panel. (Start - Settings - Control Panel)
5.
Double-click
"Keyboard" icon.
6.
Click on
"Language" tab.
7.
Click on
"Properties" button.
8.
Choose
"
9.
Click on
"OK" button.
10.
You may be
required to insert your Windows CD-ROM.
11.
When
finished, shut down your system.
12.
Restart
your system.
13.
Read the
instructions for "Using the
Using the
If you followed the above directions
carefully, your keyboard will now react slightly differently than it did
before. First of all, notice that if you strike the single apostrophe (') key, nothing
happens. To type the single apostrophe now, you must strike the single
apostrophe key and then strike the space bar. When you strike the spacebar, the
apostrophe will appear.
The next thing to note is that the
quotes (") key behaves the same way as the apostrophe key. You must first
strike the quotes key and then strike the space bar in order to create the
(") symbol. These two minor inconveniences are more than made up for by
the ease with which you can now type the special characters.
To type the special characters, two
keystrokes are required. To type the á, you
need only strike the apostrophe key and then the letter a. The other characters
are just as easy:
á = ' + a
é = ' + e
í = ' + i
ó = ' + o
ú = ' + u
ñ = ~ + n
ü = " + u
To type the special punctuation
characters, you need to hold down on the Alt key while you strike the
appropriate punctuation mark. On some keyboards, only one of the two Alt keys
will work for this.
¡ = Alt (hold down) +
!
¿ = Alt (hold down) + ?
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Using Cryptic Codes
If, for some reason, you don't want to
change your keyboard, you can always type in the codes. Using this method, the following codes apply:
á = Alt + 0225 or 160
é = Alt + 0233 or 130
í = Alt + 0237 or 161
ó = Alt + 0243 or 162
ú = Alt + 0250 or 163
ñ = Alt + 0241 or 164
ü = Alt + 0252
¡ = Alt + 0161 or 173
¿ = Alt + 0191 or 168
« = Alt 174
» = Alt 175
When using this method, there are two
important things to remember. First, when you type in the numbers, most
keyboards require that you use the "numeric keypad" located to the
side, rather than the numbers along the top. Second, on some keyboards, only
one of the two Alt keys will work for this.