How to use the United States-International keyboard in Windows 8

The previous description of how to write the characters isn't accurate. It is actually simpler.

Instead, follow these steps (for Windows 8):

Add the United States-International Keyboard

1. Open the control panel (To do this, click the "My PC" icon in the start menu, which will open a window. At the top of the window there is a list of options. Click "Open control panel")
2. Click "Clock, Language, and Region," then click "Language."
3. In the Language window, you should have "English (United States)" selected by default and highlighted in blue. Next to "English (United States)" click "Options."
4. In the "Language options" window, it will list Input method. Click "add and input method."
5. Scroll down until you see QWERTY "United States-International Touch keyboard layout." Click it, then click "add" at the bottom of the window.
6. You will be returned to the "Language options" window. Confirm that you have both "US" and "US-International" listed under "Input method," then click Save.

Use your United States-International Keyboard to type Spanish characters

First, you need to enable your new keyboard. Next to the clock at the very bottom of your screen you will see that a new icon has been added. It should say "ENG." Clicking this button will allow you to toggle between your active keyboard input methods. Click the ENG button and select the ENG-INTL option. You can now type in Spanish quickly and easily!

For   á é í ó ú ñ   press and hold the RIGHT Alt, then press the letter key.

For   **¡ ¿**press and hold the RIGHT Alt, then press the key with the ! or ? symbol.

For   Á É Í Ó Ú Ñ   press and hold the RIGHT Alt key and the Shiftkey simultaneously, then press the letter key.

Very rarely, you may need to type ü or Ü in Spanish.

For   ü press and hold the RIGHT *Alt,*then press the Y key.

For   Ü press and hold the RIGHT Alt key and the Shiftkey simultaneously*,* then press the Y key.

Note: While using the US-International keyboard, your   '  and   "   will function differently. To use these characters in the US-International keyboard, you will need to hit the '  or  " key, then hit the Space Bar to display the character. Remember, you can always click the button next to the clock to switch back to your normal ENG-US keyboard.

Hi Miguel,

Thank you for choosing Microsoft Community.

From the issue description, I understand that you are having issues with typing the characters in English. I will definitely help you with this issue.

1. Have you made any changes on the computer prior to this issue?

I would suggest you to follow the steps to change the keyboard layout and check if it helps.

Change the keyboard layout

**http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/change-keyboard-layout**

For reference:

Personalize your PC

**http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/language#1TC=t1**

I hope it helps. If you have any issues in future please let us know. We will be happy to help you.

​Hi Miguel,

Thank you for sharing the update of the issue.

I would suggest you to follow the steps to Add a Language from the link and check if it helps.

Personalize your PC

**http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/language#1TC=t1**

I hope it helps. If you have any issues in future please let us know. We will be happy to help you.

Thanks Vijay but neither of these solutions work. The problem is that there is no input method or language for US International as there was on Windows 7 and Windows Vista. 

Do you know of a workaround for this?

Thanks in advance. MIguel.