Intro:
People often wonder how to write the Spanish characters and accents
eg, á é í ó ú ü ñ ¿ ¡ ºª on a non Spanish keyboard. If you didn't
buy your computer in a Spanish speaking country then your key board won't be
set up for Spanish. Here is the most common solution...
ALT KEYS: If you are using an IBM compatible computer using Ms dos, win95 or win89 you can use alt keys. You can write any character if you know the ASCII code number. You must have a keyboard with a number pad (normally on the right).
To write a character with alt keys you may have to have your "num lock" enabled. (on my keyboard I can switch the "num lock" on and off with the first button on the left at the top of the number pad).
If
you want to write an ñ first we have to know the ASCII code which is
alt 164.
To write an ñ press and hold the
ALT key. While holding down the ALT key, enter the 3-digit decimal code for
the extended ASCII character you want to generate (in this case 164) then
release the ALT key. You should be able to do this in almost any programme. Here is a list of Spanish characters with their ALT numbers.
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