Spanish Letters http://www.cubagenweb.org/char.htm Typing the Spanish letters on an English language keyboard

If you have your Windows® operating system set up for English language support, you can still enter the Spanish accented letters and special language characters on your keyboard by means of the numeric key pad adjacent to the main keyboard. All you have to do is hold down the "ALT" key while entering any of the following sequences on the numeric keypad:

UPPER case lower case Character ALT sequence Character ALT sequence Á 0193 á 0225 É 0201 é 0233 Í 0205 í 0237 Ñ 0209 ñ 0241 Ó 0211 ó 0243 Ú 0218 ú 0250 Ü 0220 ü 0252 ¡ 0161 ¡ 0161 ¿ 0191 ¿ 0191

Notes

1. You MUST use the NUMERIC keypad (usually on the right side of the keyboard). The numbers on the top line of the keyboard will NOT work. 2. Before starting, you must activate the numeric keypoad by pressing the "Num Lock" key on the numeric keypad 3. You MUST enter the leading zero in all the codes. Adding Spanish Language Keyboard Support

You can easily add Spanish language keyboard support to your Windows® operating system. This makes it very easy to switch between languages. Here is how you can do this:

Windows

1. From the START menu select the Control Panel 2. Click on Regional and Language Options 3. Select the Languages tab 4. Click on the Text Services and Input Languages Details button 5. On the Installed Services box, Click the ADD button 6. In the first box select ES Spanish (traditional sort) or any other flavor of the language you prefer 7. In the second box elect Spanish keyboard 8. Click "OK" twice to close the screens

After you restart your computer you should see the letters "EN" (for English) or "ES" (for Español) on the task bar at the bottom right of your screen (just to the left of the icons on your task bar).

To switch keyboard languages, you merely click on the "EN" or "ES" letters and select the language you wish to use. You may do this in the middle of a document and as many times as you wish.

We recommend that you run your favorite word processing program, select a large font and the "ES" keyboard and systematically type every character in every row on your keyboard. This will serve as a useful cross- reference when you are typing. Note that the ñ appears when you type the semicolon ";" and that accented vowels are typed by first typing the accent (the single quote "'") followed by the appropriate letter. I actually made a copy of the Spanish Keyboard (below), laminated it and taped it to a corner of my laptop and my computer. You may want to enlarge for classroom use.

Windows 98®

The installation procedure for Windows-98 is as follows:

1. From the Start menu select Settings and then Control Panel 2. Select the Keyboard icon 3. Select the Language tab 4. Click on ADD 5. Select "Spanish (traditional sort)" 6. Click the OK button twice to close the menu screens.

Once installed, the procedure for changing languages is the same as for Windows-XP above.

Windows XP or Vista

1- From the START menu select CONTROL PANEL, then REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE OPTIONS 2- Select the LANGUAGE tab 3- Click on DETAILS button on the Text Services and Input Languages window 4- A new window will appear, on the SETTINGS tab, click the ADD button on the INSTALLED SERVICES block 5- From the pull down menu (click on arrow to see all the available languages) select SPANISH (INTERNATIONAL SORT). The keyboard should automatically change to Spanish (picture above). Click OK. Spanish will appear on the window (just below English), click ok. 6- After you restart your computer you should see the letters "EN" (for English) or "ES" (for Español) on the task bar at the bottom right of your screen (just to the left of the icons on your task bar). 7- To switch keyboard languages, you merely click on the "EN" or "ES" letters and select the language you wish to use. You may do this in the middle of a document and as many times as you wish. If you change the language to ES before writing the word, it should underline it if it is misspelled. 8- I recommend that you print the picture of the Spanish keyboard above and tape it to your computer or keep it handy as some of the characters will change. Note that the ñ appears when you type the semicolon ";" and that accented vowels are typed by first typing the accent (the single quote "'") followed by the appropriate letter. The ¿ is located in the spot + would be in the English keyboard, etc. If you prefer you may run your favorite word processing program, select a large font and the "ES" keyboard and systematically type every character in every row on your keyboard. This will serve as a useful cross-reference when you are typing.

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