There is another option too which is a bit confusing but seems to work. Hold town the letter you want an accent for a second and then use left and right arrow keys to select the character you want.
Jon Jonathan C. Cohn [email protected] On Jan 25, 2012, at 2:23 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Alternatively, why not add The Spanish keyboard and switch to it when you > need to type in Spanish? I do that for French. You just have to press > Cmd-Space to switch from one keyboard layout to the other. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 25 Jan 2012, at 05:24, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> I don't use them often but usually you can add accents by typing the letter >> with the option key and then the letter itself so to make >> >> é >> >> I type option-e and then e. >> >> á >> >> I type option-e and then a. Same for í ó ú. ¿ is typed with >> option+shift+questionmark. I don't think Spanish uses an umlaut but if you >> need it you just do option+u and then u to get ü. Likewise ñ is typed >> option+n then n. >> >> CB >> >> On 1/24/12 10:42 PM, ezzie bueno wrote: >>> Hello: >>> >>> Can anyone please tell me how to insert Spanish accents in a text document >>> using the keyboard on the MacBook Pro? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Ezzie Ez Bueno >>> Sent from my BrailleNote Apex >>> >>> Got Facebook? Get daily jokes on your newsfeed! http://facebook.com/sillyez/ >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
