Almost all applications support Spanish accents. Guidelines for typing and using accents are given below. If you need to refer to additional characters, look under the Accents section.

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1. Accent Codes
2. Language Codes (Spain and Latin America)
   1. Language Code:es

Windows ALT Codes

In Windows, combinations of the ALT key plus a numeric code from the number keypad can be used to type a non-English character in any Windows application.

See the detailed instructions on the ALT Code How To for complete information on implementing the code. Additional options for entering accents in Windows are also listed in the Accents section of this Web site.

Spanish ALT Codes

Quick Examples

1. To input capital Á (ALT+0193), hold down the ALT key then type 0193 (all four digits) on the numeric keypad. The ALT codes do not work with the row of number keys on the top.
2. To input lowercase á (ALT+0225), change the code from 0193 to 0225.

See the ALT Code How To for complete information on implementing the code.

Windows International Keyboard Codes

In order to use these codes you must activate the U.S. international keyboard.

Once the U.S. International keyboard has been activated, you can use the codes below.

Windows Spanish Keyboard

If you wish to simulate a non U.S. keyboard, follow the instructions for
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Macintosh Accent Codes

The Option codes below work in any Mac application.

Spanish Web Pages

If you are developing Web pages with Spanish content, the following information can make sure that the content is properly displayed.

Historical Encodings

Unicode (utf-8) is the preferred encoding for Web sites. However, the following historic encodings may still be encountered.

• iso-8859-1 (Latin 1),
• iso-8859-15 (adds support for the euro (€)
• win-1252

Mac Keypad

If possible, you should transition to Unicode.

Language Tags (Spain and Latin America)

Language Tags allow browsers and other software to process text more efficiently. They are also important for optimal screen reader accessibility.

Below are some common codes that might be used in the Hispanophone world.

Spanish and Major Dialects

The code es for Spanish is sufficient for most uses, but other dialectal codes could be useful in some situations

• es (Spanish),
• es-ES (Castillian/ Spain)
• es-MX (Latin American/Mexico)
• es-AR (Argentinian)
• Other country codes (ISO 3166-1-alpha-2)

Historical Stages

• osp (Old Spanish)

Spain Minority Languages

• eu (Basque),
• an (Aragaonese)
• au (Asturian/Leon)
• ca (Catalan)
• ga (Galician)
• ly (Ladino/Judeo-Spanish)

Latin American Minority Languages

The codes below represent macrolanguages. For codes relating to specific regions, see the Ethnologue.

• ay (Aymara)
• ayr (Aymara Altiplano)
• gn (Guaraní/Tupi)
• qu (Quechua)
• zap (Zapotec)

See the Ethnologue for additional language codes by country.

HTML Entity Codes

Although typing accented letters directly into Web pages is possible, the following codes may needed in some Web platforms to ensure that a Spanish character is correctly displayed.

Use these codes to input accented letters in HTML. For instance, if you want to type señor you would type señor.

The numbers in parentheses are the numeric codes assigned in Unicode encoding. For instance, because ñ is number 241, señor can also be used to input señor. These numbers are also used with the Windows Alt codes listed above.

Spanish HTML Entity Codes

Note: Older browsers may not the suport single angle codes (‹ / › for ‹ and ›).

Links

Linux/Unix

Most content in Spanish.

Selected Minority Languages

Aymara

Aymara is an Andean language spoken in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Chile. It is distinct from the Quechua language spoken by the Incan elite.

Basque (Euskara)

A non-related language spoken in the border between France and Spain.

Catalan/Valencian

See the Catalan page for more information.

Galician

Mac miller happy download. A Romance language related to Spanish and Portuguese spoken on the northwestern portion of Spain north of Portugal.

Guaraní

Guaraní is widely spoken in Paraguay and is an official language there. Guaraní is part of the Guaraní-Tupi language family found in Eastern South America including Brazil.

• Guaraní (University of Mainz) – in Spanish

Ladino/Judeo-Spanish

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A form of Spanish as spoken by the medieval Jewish community. Most Ladino speakers were expelled from Spain in the late 1490s, but settled elsewhere in the Middle East.

Quechua

This was formerly the language of the Inca Empire and modern versions of Quechua are still spoken in pars of Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador.

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Zapotec

This is actually a set of related languages from Oaxaca Mexico and nearby regions.

Control accessibility options with your keyboard and Siri

You can use these keyboard shortcuts to control accessibility options, or ask Siri to perform these functions. For example, ask Siri to ”Turn VoiceOver On.”

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2. To use VoiceOver and VoiceOver Utility, you might need to turn on 'Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys' in Keyboard preferences. You might also need to make VoiceOver ignore the next key press before you can use some of the other Mac keyboard shortcuts.

3. To use the zoom shortcuts, you might need to turn on 'Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom' in Accessibility preferences.

4. To enable this shortcut, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Keyboard. In the Shortcuts tab, select Accessibility on the left, then select ”Invert colors” on the right.

Use your keyboard like a mouse

You can use your keyboard like a mouse to navigate and interact with items onscreen. Use the Tab key and arrow keys to navigate, then press Space bar to select an item.

1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Keyboard.
2. Click Shortcuts.
3. From the bottom of the preferences window, select ”Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls.” In macOS Mojave or earlier, this setting appears as an ”All controls” button instead.
   

Navigate menus with your keyboard

To use these shortcuts, first press Control-F2 or Fn-Control-F2 to put the focus on the menu bar.

Wireless Keypad Mac

Bluetooth Numeric Keypad Mac

Use Mouse Keys to move the mouse pointer

When Mouse Keys is turned on, you can use the keyboard or numeric keypad keys to move the mouse pointer.

Learn more

• Change the behavior of the function keys or modifier keys