Ask a Question

(Create a thread)
Go Back   Spanish language learning forums > Teaching & Learning > Technical things


How to type accent marks

 

Technical "how-to" issues concerning using this site and language learning in general.


Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #11  
Old May 18, 2006, 11:07 AM
atnbueno atnbueno is offline
Ruby
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Spain
Posts: 61
Native Language: Spanish (Spain)
atnbueno is on a distinguished road
Re: Dealing with accent marks

I've found that in several keyboards AltGr+4 and a space inserts a "~". If instead of a space I press "n", I get a "ñ".

I have accents and Ñs, even çs, in my keyboard, but no ~ :P

   
Get rid of these ads by registering for a free Tomísimo account.
  #12  
Old May 18, 2006, 05:46 PM
Tomisimo's Avatar
Tomisimo Tomisimo is offline
Davidísimo
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: North America
Posts: 5,664
Native Language: American English
Tomisimo will become famous soon enoughTomisimo will become famous soon enough
Re: Dealing with accent marks

Quote:
Originally Posted by atnbueno
I've found that in several keyboards AltGr+4 and a space inserts a "~". If instead of a space I press "n", I get a "ñ".

I have accents and Ñs, even çs, in my keyboard, but no ~ :P
Good trick, hadn't seen that one before.


And for those of you who don't have the AltGr key on your keyboard, just use the Alt key to the right of the spacebar.
__________________
If you find something wrong with my Spanish, please correct it!
  #13  
Old May 19, 2006, 12:18 PM
Neophyte Neophyte is offline
Ruby
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 58
Neophyte is on a distinguished road
Re: Dealing with accent marks

What's the Altgr key? Why is it called that?
  #14  
Old May 19, 2006, 02:14 PM
atnbueno atnbueno is offline
Ruby
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Spain
Posts: 61
Native Language: Spanish (Spain)
atnbueno is on a distinguished road
Re: Dealing with accent marks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr
  #15  
Old August 02, 2007, 11:24 AM
redbeard's Avatar
redbeard redbeard is offline
Ruby
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Inglaterra
Posts: 33
Native Language: inglés
redbeard is on a distinguished road
I didn't understand the Alt Gr + 4 business, but here's a semi-useful tip that should work in both Windows and Linux systems. If you hold down the Alt Gr key and then type a vowel, you'll get the vowel with an accent over it. If you do this with the Caps Lock on, or in combination with the Shift key, you'll get an accented capital vowel. Thus [Alt Gr] + [o] should give you ó.

Doesn't seem to work with other letters, though!
__________________
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
  #16  
Old August 02, 2007, 11:28 AM
redbeard's Avatar
redbeard redbeard is offline
Ruby
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Inglaterra
Posts: 33
Native Language: inglés
redbeard is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by redbeard View Post
I didn't understand the Alt Gr + 4 business
Maybe it doesn't work for me because on UK keyboards Alt Gr + 4 is what you type for the euro symbol (€)?
__________________
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
  #17  
Old August 06, 2007, 11:09 PM
Tomisimo's Avatar
Tomisimo Tomisimo is offline
Davidísimo
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: North America
Posts: 5,664
Native Language: American English
Tomisimo will become famous soon enoughTomisimo will become famous soon enough
Thanks for the tip redbeard, I´ve been playing around with Ubuntu Linux a bit, and one of the things I still need to figure out is how to easily type the Spanish characters.
__________________
If you find something wrong with my Spanish, please correct it!
  #18  
Old August 06, 2009, 12:40 PM
Jessica's Avatar
Jessica Jessica is offline
...
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: PA
Posts: 8,187
Native Language: English, Chinese
Jessica is on a distinguished road
my laptop doesn't have those num key pad things.
  #19  
Old August 06, 2009, 12:57 PM
chileno's Avatar
chileno chileno is offline
Diamond
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Las Vegas, USA
Posts: 7,863
Native Language: Castellano
chileno is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by jchen View Post
my laptop doesn't have those num key pad things.
does your laptop have numbers on the u i o j k l keys?

If yes then you also have an Fn key somewhere around the CRTL ALT keys.

If you press and keep pressed that Fn and the ALT keys while typig the u i o j k l keys, you'll have accented letters.
  #20  
Old August 06, 2009, 05:03 PM
CrOtALiTo's Avatar
CrOtALiTo CrOtALiTo is offline
Diamond
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mérida, Yucatán
Posts: 11,686
Native Language: I can understand Spanish and English
CrOtALiTo is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by jchen View Post
my laptop doesn't have those num key pad things.
But you can get them in any informatics's store where you live.

It's very easy to install even you have turn on the laptop, because it's for USB's ports.
__________________
We are building the most important dare for my life and my family feature now we are installing new services in telecoms.
Closed Thread

Tags
tilde, accent mark

 

Link to this thread
URL: 
HTML Link: 
BB Code: 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Site Rules

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
English accent laepelba Grammar 18 January 14, 2009 09:13 AM
accent on Está raji Grammar 5 October 08, 2008 08:26 PM
Quote marks in Spain Little Culture 3 November 13, 2007 12:39 AM
Accent Marks for Dictionary look-up? dorothytom Introductions 2 September 24, 2007 10:05 PM
Does the O need an accent mark.. anthony Grammar 1 July 14, 2007 10:30 AM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:42 PM.

Forum powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

X