Keyboarding in Spanish
Create a Spanish keyboard for your computer running Windows XP:
(For Windows Vista click here. For Mac, click here.)
Go to:
Start
Control Panel
Regional and Language Options
Languages tab
Click on “Details” button
Click on “Add” button
Choose Spanish (traditional sort)
Hit the “Language bar” button
Make sure “Show additional language bar icons in the task bar” is checked
Hit the “Okay” button
Hit the “Key settings” button
Highlight “Switch between input languages – Left alt+Shift”
Hit the “Okay” button
Keep hitting “Okay” buttons until you’re out.
Now when you want to shift quickly from an English to a Spanish keyboard, all you have to do is hold the left alt button and hit the Shift button. Do the same thing and it will switch back to English. You can also do it by mouse-clicking on the button in the task bar (bottom bar on your screen).
Using your keypad to input accented letters
Hold down the Alt key, then on your keypad type the three numbers as indicated below. Then lift off the Alt key. The accented letter or punctuation mark will appear.
á alt-160 ¿ alt-168 (as in ¿Dónde?)
é alt-130 ¡ alt-173 (as in ¡Cuidado!)
í alt-161 ª alt-166 (as in 2ª - sedunda)
ó alt-162 º alt-167 (as in 3º - tercero)
ú alt-163 ñ alt-164
How to use Spanish characters with any PC running Win 95 or newer.