Spanish Courses in Salamanca Study in Salamanca, Fall 2001 LTCC Foreign Language Dept.

Using the Spanish Keyboard on a PC

Any of these instructions can be used with email and Internet.  You can either install a Spanish keyboard, or use numerical commands.
Install Spanish Keyboard Spanish Keyboard Numerical Commands

Install Spanish Keyboard 

Go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Keyboard. Under Language, add the Spanish Language if it is not already installed.

To switch from the English to Spanish keyboard, click on the icon at the bottom right-hand corner of the monitor, En > Es. When "Es" is displayed you must use Spanish punctuation keyboard commands.

All letter and number keys remain the same. You will notice that some of the non-letter keys will change, for example the "?" Use the chart below to type some of the non-letter keys that change. If all else fails, switch back to the "En" (English) keyboard to type the non-letter keys if you can't locate them in the "Es" (Spanish) keyboard.

To type an accent mark over a letter, type: 

[ then the letter that needs the accent mark. The "[" key is to the right of the "p."

Practice: type ] e and the é should appear; [ a to get the á, etc.

Use keys

To type

=

¿

;

ñ

shift =

¡

shift .

:

shift -

?

[ a

á

[ e

é

[ i

í

[ o

ó

[ u

ú

Spanish Keyboard

°

|

!

1

"

2

#

3

$

4

%

5

&

6

/

7

(

8

)

9

=

0

?

'

¡

¿

Back

Tab

q

w

e

r

t

y

u

i

o

p

Accent Command

*

+

]

}

Caps

a

s

d

f

g

h

j

k

l

Ñ

ñ

[

{

Enter

Shift

z

x

c

v

b

n

m

;

,

:

.

_

-

Shift

Ctrl

  

Alt

  

Alt

    

Ctrl

Numerical Commands

For the following characters, push the ALT key and type in the following numbers:

á 0225
é 0233
í

0237 
ó 0243
ú 0250
ü  0252
¿ 0191
¡ 0161
ñ 0241
 

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Created and maintained by Nancy Barclay; last updated 07/01/2001 .