This guide is always evolving. Suggestions for software or resources to link to are welcome.
Accent & Diacritical Marks
Software for Macs
Software for PCs
Setting up a Foreign Language Keyboard
The following accent shortcuts work with most applications and browsers, including Microsoft Word and Gmail.
Typing Spanish accent marks on a Mac:
| Accute Accent | á, é, í, ó, ú | Option + e, then the letter |
| Tilde | ñ | Option + n, then n |
| Dieresis | ü | Option + u, then u |
| Inverted Question Mark | ¿ | Option + Shift + ? |
| Inverted Exclamation Point | ¡ | Option + 1 |
| Quotation Marks | « » |
Option + \ Option + Shift + \ |
| Quotation Dash | — | Option + Shift + - |
Typing Spanish accent marks on a PC:
| Accute Accent | Á É Í Ó Ú |
alt + 0193 alt + 0201 alt + 0205 alt + 0211 alt + 0218 |
á é í ó ú |
alt + 0225 alt + 0233 alt + 0237 alt + 0243 alt + 0250 |
| Tilde | Ñ | alt +0209 | ñ | alt + 0241 |
| Dieresis | Ü | alt +154 | ü | alt + 129 |
| Inverted Question Mark | ¿ | alt +0191 | ||
| Inverted Exclamation Point | ¡ | alt +016 | ||
| Quotation Marks | « » |
alt + alt + |
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| Quotation Dash | — | alt + |
The Microsoft Office suite supports Spanish spell check. You can set it as your default language in Office for Mac using these instructions.
Gmail also supports Spanish spell check. To use this, click on the drop-down menu for spell check in an email and select Español. You may still have correctly spelled words appear misspelled depending on your browser settings.
To change your browser language:
Firefox: In the Preferences window go to the Content tab and set the Language.
Chrome: Settings -> Advanced settings -> Languages
The Microsoft Office suite supports Spanish spell check. You can set it as your default language using these instructions.
Gmail also supports Spanish spell check. To use this, click on the drop-down menu for spell check in an email and select Español. You may still have correctly spelled words appear misspelled depending on your browser settings.
To change your browser language:
Firefox: In the Options window go to the Content tab and set the Language.
Chrome: Settings -> Advanced settings -> Languages
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