Keyboard shortcuts for international characters using Microsoft Word

Press

CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter

 

à, è, ì, ò, ù,
À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù

 

CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), the letter

 

á, é, í, ó, ú, ý
Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý

 

CTRL+SHIFT+^ (CARET), the letter

 

â, ê, î, ô, û
Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û

 

CTRL+SHIFT+~ (TILDE), the letter

 

ã, ñ, õ
Ã, Ñ, Õ

 

CTRL+SHIFT+: (COLON), the letter

 

ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ,
Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ

 

CTRL+SHIFT+@, a or A

 

å, Å

 

CTRL+SHIFT+&, a or A

 

æ, Æ

 

CTRL+SHIFT+&, o or O

 

œ, Œ

 

 

 

CTRL+, (COMMA), c or C

 

ç, Ç

 

CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), d or D

 

ð, Ð

 

CTRL+/, o or O

 

ø, Ø

 

 

ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+?

 

¿

 

ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+!

 

¡

 

CTRL+SHIFT+&, s

 

ß

 

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/spanish.html

 

Windows Alt Codes

In Windows, combinations of the ALT key plus a numeric code can be used to type a Spanish character (accented letter or punctuation symbol) in any Windows application. More detailed instructions about typing accents with ALT keys are available.  Additional options for entering accents in Windows are also listed in the Accents section of this Web site.

Alt Codes for typing Spanish characters:

Caps

Lowercase

Á

ALT+0193

á

ALT+0225

É

ALT+0201

é

ALT+0233

Í

ALT+0205

í

ALT+0237

Ñ

ALT+0209

ñ

ALT+0241

Ó

ALT+0211

ó

ALT+0243

Ú

ALT+0218

ú

ALT+0250

Ü

ALT+0220

ü

ALT+0252

 

Punctuation

¿

ALT+0191

¡

ALT+0161

«

ALT+0171

»

ALT+0187

Macintosh Accent Codes

Character

Description

Acute Accent

Type Option+E, then the vowel. For instance, to type á hold down Option+E, then type A. To type Á, hold down Option+E, then type capital A.

ñ, Ñ

Type Option+N, then either lowercase N for ñ or capital N for Ñ.

Ü, ü

Type Option+U, then either lowercase U for ü or capital U for Ü.

¿, ¡

Shift+Option+?    
Option+1

«, »

Option+\  
Shift+Option+\