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Operating the Windows International Keyboard
##How to type Spanish accents / diacritics
First off , check out:
https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/a ... keyboards-
This tells you how to load different keyboards in different devices. i.e. it covers selecting different keyboards for a : Windows, or a Mac, or an iPad device.
##Windows Keyboard
With Windows, you need to select an appropriate keyboard to type all the required Spanish characters.
For typing in Spanish, for people who already are familiar with the US/English QWERTY keyboard, I highly recommend selecting the US-International keyboard. So in your "Text Services and Input Languages" select : [EN] English (United States) keyboard, and
go under "English (United States)/Keyboard/" select United States-International. Click here for more [detailed instructions for selecting a keyboard](
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/2825 ... d=28251598).
Click here to read about Functions for Spanish on a US-International keyboard. This points out where the function keys are, to enable you to type these characters. ie, where to locate the APOSTROPHE, BACK QUOTE, etc.
Or this is another article explaining OPERATING THE WINDOWS INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD
##There are 3 types of Spanish accents, and a couple of special characters :
character | how to | name |
---|---|---|
á, é, í, ó, ú | hold APOSTROPHE + (a) or (e) or (i) or (o) or (u) | accent |
ñ, ü | hold SHIFT + TILDE, release, press (n) or (u) | umlaut |
ñ | hold RIGHT ALT + (n) | tilde |
¿ | hold RIGHT ALT + FORWARD SLASH | signo de interrogación |
¡ | hold RIGHT ALT + (1) | signo de exclamación |
€ | hold RIGHT ALT + (5) | euro |
One thing to watch out for, is that when you want to type an apostrophe or a backquote, you have to hit the space key after it in order to tell Windows that you're not looking to type a special character.
Click here for further recommended and related articles.
p.s. Using the US-International keyboard has the added advantage, as it also gives you access to other commonly used accents for many other European languages. And all from a QWERTY keyboard layout for those that are most familiar with this. A great asset for those of us who dabble in multiple languages
I hope if others have any useful tips and advice about keyboards, that you may choose to also share them here.
Thank you to those of the Global Ambassadors team who have assisted in creating this. A special shout out goes to caitlindsay and wombatua. ![ιροp iGuide iGuideKeyboards](