Accent Marks

A little bit of the foreign language teacher knows how handy these are for me!!

Accent marks/punctuation on the Mac

á, é, í, ó, ú = Press Option + E, release, then enter the vowel where you want

the accent mark

ñ = Press Option + n, release, then enter N a second time

¿ = Press Option/Shift + ?

¡ = Press Option + 1

ü = Press Option + U, release, then enter U a second time

Accent marks/punctuation on a PC

In MSWord you can do the easy way Ctrl + ' + letter or you can hold down the Alt key and type use the 3 digit code or 4 digit code

á = Ctrl+' then a or Alt + 160 / 0225

é = Ctrl+' then e or Alt + 130 / 0233

í = Ctrl+' then i or Alt + 161 / 0237

ñ = Ctrl+Shift+~ then n or Alt + 164 / 0241

ó = Ctrl+' then o or Alt + 162 / 0243

ú = Ctrl+' then u or Alt + 163 / 0250

ü = Ctrl+Shift+: then u or Alt + 129 / 0252

¿ = Alt+Ctrl+Shift+? or Alt + 168 / 0191

¡ = Alt+Ctrl+Shift+! or 173 / 0161