Typing Accent Marks in Spanish

Here you will find an easy method of typing accent marks in Spanish and punctuation on your computer without changing your entire system

NOTE: If you came here looking for how to use Spanish accent marks in your vocabulary or where they should be placed on words and what they mean, the answers are on the next page.

This is super simple and also a great way to type Spanish for beginners who may only need to add an accent over a vowel, or some simple punctuation.

And the best thing about it is you don't have to switch out your entire system.

If you are looking for a way to change your entire keyboard over, I may discuss that in the future.

For now this method is the simplest and least time consuming.

The tables below show you how to do it:

Make sure your keyboard is in NumLock mode.

Note: that many laptops have an FN key that changes a set of keys, also with numbers on them and usually in the 7-8-9-U-I-O area, into a numeric keypad. Meaning that if you hit the FN key and the num lock key, you will be able to access the 10-key area in order to use the ALT keys below.

If you have any problems or questions, feel free to comment here:

Make sure that you hold down ALL the following keys at the same time.

NOTE: For capital letters, simply hit the ENTER key as well

Make sure that you hold down OPTION plus the letter, then RELEASE and enter the next letter.

NOTE: For capital letters, simply hit the OPTION key as well

So there you have it, a way to type accent marks in Spanish on your computer without the headaches.