Spanish Accent Codes
Windows Alt Codes for PC
In Windows, combinations of the ALT key plus a numeric code can be
used to type a non-English character (accented letter or punctuation
symbol) in any Windows application.
Alt Codes for typing Spanish characters:
Á
É
Í
Ó
Ú
Ñ
Ü
Capitals
ALT+0193
ALT+0201
ALT+0205
ALT+0211
ALT+0218
ALT+0209
ALT+0220
á
é
í
ó
ú
ñ
ü
Lowercase
ALT+0225
ALT+0233
ALT+0237
ALT+0243
ALT+0250
ALT+0241
ALT+0252
¿
¡
í
«
»
€
Punctuation
ALT+0191
ALT+0161
ALT+0237
ALT+0171 (Left Angle Quote)
ALT+0187 (Right Angle Quote)
ALT+0128
Macintosh Accent Codes
Accent
on
Vowel
ñ, Ñ
Ü, ü
Type Option+E, then the vowel. For instance, to type á hold down
Option+E, then type lowercase A. To type Á, hold down
Option+E, then type capital A.
Type Option+N, then either lowercase N for ñ or capital N for &
Ñ.
Type Option+U, then either lowercase U for ü or capital U for Ü.
Shift+Option+?
¿
Option+1
¡
«, »
Option+\ Shift+Option+\
Shift+Option+2 (may not work for older System 9 fonts)
€
Microsoft Word Accent Codes for PC ( = let go)
Accent on
Vowel
ñ, Ñ
Ü, ü
¿
¡
Control+'  a, e, i, o, u
Shift+Control+~  n
Shift+Control+:  u
Alt+Shift+Control+?
Alt+Shift+Control+!
Other helpful ideas for using the computer:
In Microsoft Word, go to TOOLS and select LANGUAGE. Then with the whole document
highlighted (or right when you open a new document) change your language to
Spanish. This should underline misspelled words and not autocorrect your Spanish to
English.
For a great Spanish online dictionary and verb conjugator: www.wordreference.com.