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STEPS TO WRITING AN ESSAY IN SPANISH & INSERTING ACCENTS

1.  Go to the REVIEW tab in Microsoft word. 

2.  Set the language as SPANISH INTERNATIONAL SORT. (on laptops a little globe with a check mark)

3. Make sure that number lock is on.  (When using the library notebooks Fn key + F4 key)

4. FOR ACCENTS on DESKTOP COMPUTERS:

Á  ALT+0193   

á  ALT+160

É  ALT+0201

é  ALT+130

Í  ALT+0205

í  ALT+161

Ó  ALT+0211

ó  ALT+162

Ú  ALT+0218

ú  ALT+163

Ñ  ALT+0209

ñ  ALT+164

Ü  ALT+0220

ü  ALT+0252

¿  ALT+0191

¡  ALT+173

5. FOR ACCENTS on LAPTOP COMPUTERS:

Á  Fn +ALT+0193

á  Fn + ALT +160

É  Fn + ALT+0201

é  Fn + ALT +130

Í  Fn + ALT +0205

í  Fn + ALT +161

Ó  Fn + ALT +0211

ó  Fn + ALT +162

Ú  Fn + ALT +0218

ú  Fn + ALT +163

Ñ  Fn + ALT +0209

ñ  Fn + ALT +164

Ü  Fn + ALT +0220

ü  Fn + ALT +0252

¿  Fn + ALT +0191

¡  Fn + ALT +173

FOR ACCENTS ON LAPTOP COMPUTERS YOU MUST USE THE BLUE-NUMBER CODED KEYS LOCATED ON THE ALPHABET KEYS U I O J K L M , .

Accents for the Spanish Language on the ChromeBook

These are the steps to follow to add the International Keyboard to the Chromebook which makes it easy to type accents for the Spanish language.

1. On the right hand side of the ChromeBook go to the three bars on the right and choose Settings.

2. Scroll to the bottom and look for Show advanced settings

3. Scroll down to Languages and input settings

4. Put a checkmark next to US international keyboard

5. Click Done

6. You will see US in the bottom right. Click on US.

7. Scroll up to US keyboard and choose INTL

8. Now that you see INTL over on the bottom right of your screen you can type your accents.

Use the Alt key on the right side of the keyboard.

1. Hold down the Alt key on the right and then click a, e, i, o, u, or n.

2. Do the same for the question and exclamation marks

3. The image below reflects most of the steps above: