setting my computer keyboard to easy use my punctuation marks and other in Spanish?

Question

How do I set my computer keyboard to easy select my accent marks and punctuation in Spanish language from my keyboard?

dbrace · Accepted Answer

Hi @TamikoAnderson1,

There are keyboard shortcuts in Windows that do what you are trying to do but it is not easy. In most situations I am aware of, users copy and paste from a website.  You can check out the links below as options.

* https://www.lsu.edu/hss/wllc/forlanglab/foreign_characters.php
* https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/windows/codealt
* https://www.languagetesting.com/windows-alt-codes
* https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keyboard-shortcuts-to-add-language-accent-marks-in-word-and-outlook-3801b103-6a8d-42a5-b8ba-fdc3774cfc76 (will only work in Word and Outlook).

In my opinion, the process is a lot easier on a Mac because if you press and hold-down a letter on a keyboard with foreign language alternates, the alternates are provided in a little window that appears above.

-Doug