How to type Spanish
Ñ has its own key, where ; is on an English keyboard.
Accents are dead keys: press the accent, then the vowel. The ´ key sits right of ñ, so ´ then a gives á. For ü, press Shift + ´ to get ¨, then u.
On the Spain layout ¡ is on the = key and ¿ is Shift + =. Ç is on the \ key.
Keyboards sold in Latin America use a different layout, which you can pick in the Layout menu: there ´ is on the [ key, ¿ is on = and ¡ is Shift + =.
Spanish letters and their keys
| Letter | Unicode name | Key |
|---|---|---|
| á | a with acute | ´ then a |
| é | e with acute | ´ then e |
| í | i with acute | ´ then i |
| ñ | n with tilde | the ñ key (US ;) |
| ó | o with acute | ´ then o |
| ú | u with acute | ´ then u |
| ü | u with diaeresis | ¨ then u |
Accent and AltGr keys
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| ` | dead key: its own key (US [) |
| ´ | dead key: its own key (US ') |
| ^ | dead key: Shift + ` |
| ¨ | dead key: Shift + ´ |
| ~ | dead key: AltGr + 4 |
| AltGr | \ | @ # ~ € ¬ € [ ] { } |
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- Latin American
- Spanish Variation
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Layout data: CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/es-t-k0-windows.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/es-419-t-k0-windows.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/es-t-k0-windows-extended.xml. Letter list: CLDR release-43 (es). Letter names: Unicode Character Database. What you type stays in your browser.