Accent Marks

How to Insert Accent Marks

As you may have seen, in Spanish there are many letters that require accent marks (ñ, á, é, í, ó, ú) and special punctuation symbols such as the upside-down question mark (¿) and the exclamation mark (¡). For certain Canvas quizzes and assignments you will be required to know how to type these special letters and symbols on your computer.

To insert accent marks using a desktop/laptop with the Windows operating system you will need to use the "International Keyboard."

Step 1: Watch the following video to learn how to set up the international keyboard:

If you have an older version of windows, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Windows Control Panel

  2. Select "Clock, Language and Region"

  3. Follow the same steps in the video

Step 2: How to Insert Accent Marks using the International Keyboard

Watch the following video to learn how to insert accent marks using the international keyboard:

How to insert accent marks on a Chromebook

Set your keyboard languages

  1. At the bottom right, select the time.

  2. Select Settings.

  3. On the left panel, select Advanced Languages and inputs.

  4. Under "Languages and inputs," select Inputs.

  5. Under "Input methods," select Add input methods.

  6. Select the keyboard languages you want to use Add.

  7. "Enabled" is listed under the current keyboard.

Use the following key strokes to insert accent marks on a Chromebook:

Acute (á, é, í, ó, ú) : apostrophe key ' then the letter

Tilde ñ : Shift + ~then the letter n

Punctuation ¿ or ¡ Alt (the small Alt button to the right of the space bar) + ? or !

Umlaut/diaresis (ü): Shift + 'then letter

Click on the following link to learn how to insert accent marks using a Mac or an IOS device:

https://www.thoughtco.com/spanish-accents-and-punctuation-with-a-mac-3080299