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How do I type the accented characters for Spanish?

Asked by C Dudding

How do I type the accented characters for Spanish? I can cut and paste these special characters, so I know that they exist. This seems so simple. I can't find any help in the documentation. Thanks.

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#1

I have to hit two keys sequentially , one after the other, to produce any special characters.

key1 then key2 produces character

´ then ´ produces ´
¨ then ¨ produces ¨
´ then e produces é
~ then n produces ñ
¨ then o produces ö

Your mileage may vary, this may be based upon the default keyboard/language settings of your machine.

Hope this helps

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#2

I have to hit two keys sequentially , one after the other, to produce any special characters.

key1 then key2 produces character

´ then ´ produces ´
¨ then ¨ produces ¨
´ then e produces é
~ then n produces ñ
¨ then o produces ö

Your mileage may vary, this may be based upon the default keyboard/language settings of your machine.

Hope this helps

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Best Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#3

The easiest way to do this is to go to System, Preferences, Keyboard (not shortcuts), choose the Layout tab, click on Layout Options, go to Compose key position and specify a Control Key.

Once you have done that, to get ñ, press 1. the control key, 2. ~ and then 3. n, resulting in ñ.

Similarly, you can easily create these: á, à, ö, ô, .....

Note: Many people set the Windows keys as their control keys ... the left Windows key is used as a trigger for "some of the functions" of compiz-fusion.

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C Dudding (chdudding) said : 		#4

This worked, but I had to modify the above procedure slightly to get ñ. The order that I used was the control key pressed simultaneously with the letter. After releasing these keys, press the accent mark. This leaves me lacking only the "double-dot over a character". This is probably unsolvable since my keyboard does not have the double-dot character. Thanks so much for answering this question. Thanks also to Wyatt Smith who answered the question, however his solution did not work on my computer.
Charles

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#5

Control key followed by ", followed by e, o, a, u = ë, ö, ä, ü ....