Creation of Spanish special characters on PC and MAC:
The Spanish language contains some special characters you won´t find on others than Spanish keyboards. However, you will need these special characters to answer our exercises correctly. The following table contains the shortcuts you need:
Windows-PC:
| Character | Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Á | Alt + 181 | Latin capital letter A with acute |
| á | Alt + 160 | Latin small letter a with acute |
| É | Alt + 144 | Latin capital letter E with acute |
| é | Alt + 130 | Latin small letter e with acute |
| Í | Alt + 214 | Latin capital letter I with acute |
| í | Alt + 161 | Latin small letter i with acute |
| Ñ | Alt + 165 | Latin capital letter N with tilde |
| ñ | Alt + 164 | Latin small letter n with tilde |
| Ó | Alt + 224 | Latin capital letter O with acute |
| ó | Alt + 162 | Latin small letter o with acute |
| Ú | Alt + 233 | Latin capital letter U with acute |
| ú | Alt + 163 | Latin small letter u with acute |
| Ü | Alt + 154 | Latin capital letter U with diaeresis |
| ü | Alt + 129 | Latin small letter u with diaeresis |
| ¿ | Alt + 168 | inverted question mark (e.g. ¿Qué pasa?) |
| ¡ | Alt + 173 | inverted exclamation point (e.g. ¡Qué bueno!) |
| ª | Alt + 0170 | feminine ordinal indicator (e.g. la primera = 1ª) |
| º | Alt + 0186 | masculine ordinal indicator (e.g. el primero = 1º) |
Note: It is important to keep the Alt key pressed until you have entered the number code.
For example to obtain the letter ñ:
- press Alt
- type 164
- release the Alt key
mac-OS:
For e.g. the letter á:
- press key a to open the submenu with all available accents. Note: The submenu will only appear if there are accent options to a letter.
- chose á from the list.
| Character | Combination | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ¿ | ⌥ OPTION + ⇧ shift + / | inverted question mark (e.g. ¿Qué pasa?) |
| ¡ | ⌥ OPTION + 1 | inverted exclamation point (e.g. ¡Qué bueno!) |
| ª | ⌥ OPTION + h | feminine ordinal indicator (e.g. la primera = 1ª) |
| º | ⌥ OPTION + j | masculine ordinal indicator (e.g. el primero = 1º) |