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Is there a non-PITA way to type accented Spanish characters with an English keyboard?
You could use the International Keyboard Layout for the U.S.A.
How to set it for Windows 7, Vista or XP.
USA Standard layout
USA International layout
Also you could set the spanish-spain layout or ...
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Is there a non-PITA way to type accented Spanish characters with an English keyboard?
Go to your Regional and Language Settings in Control Panel.. change keyboard language to US-International.
Once it is set to International.. all quotes (') and double quote (") will require that you ...
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Is there a non-PITA way to type accented Spanish characters with an English keyboard?
Another option rather than switching to a Spanish keyboard layout, is using the "English International with dead keys" layout.
The specifics vary between operating systems and even versions but ...
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Is the word "arroba" (@ on keyboard) from Arabic?
According to the DLE, the word arroba comes from Arabic arrúb‘, and this one from Classical Arabic rub‘, meaning "a fourth part". In Spanish it was just a weight measure, equivalent to 11.502 kg.
It ...
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Is the word "arroba" (@ on keyboard) from Arabic?
Otros apuntes sobre la @.
El académico italiano Giorgio Stabile descubrió una carta enviada desde Sevilla a Roma en 1536, donde se discutía la llegada a España de tres barcos que navegaban desde el ...
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Is there a non-PITA way to type accented Spanish characters with an English keyboard?
To some extent, this is a matter of personal preference. Here is my preference.
I installed a second keyboard in Windows, even though I only have one physical keyboard. The exact method changes ...
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Is there a non-PITA way to type accented Spanish characters with an English keyboard?
Alt+0241 is the most reliable way to type the ñ. In Microsoft word you can type Ctrl + ~, release then type n. However that only works in Microsoft word.
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