Type Spanish characters (e.g. á, ñ, ¿, ¡...) with U.S. English keyboard/language

Hello, this is Emily.

What you need is the US English International keyboard layout. You can add that in Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region. Click on the three dots of English (US) > Language options.

On the next page, scroll down. Add a keyboard and choose "United States - Interntional".

Then you can switch to this input method from taskbar, and use this keyboard layout list to guide your typing.

á = ‘ + a

é = ‘ + e

í = ‘ + i

ó = ‘ + o

ú = ‘ + u

ñ = ~ + n

ü = ” + u

¡ = Alt (hold down) + !

¿ = Alt (hold down) + ?

Note: The alt + number code only works when you have dedicated number pad.

I've tried the <Alt + [number]> and <Ctrl + __> combinations, and those haven't worked. I have a laptop, not a desktop, so I don't have a dedicated number keypad.

The Windows version shouldn't matter though.

I personally like the English (US-International) method, because your keyboard layout is still the same as your English (US) layout, but you just need to use keyboard combo like ~ + A to make à for example, much quicker than remembering the codes from the Character Map.

Strictly speaking, you are not changing language, you are changing keyboard layout.

If you want to stick with the English (US) keyboard layout, you will need to use the character map to guide you. Launch the Character Map and find the letter you want to type, you should see on the bottom left, for example, ã shows U+00E3. You can type 00E3 and then press Alt+X to turn it into ã. This can work on apps like Notepad, Word, etc. But it usually will not work on online text box input though.

Hi Emily,

thanks for the reply, but are there key commands to create Spanish characters without changing my keyboard language?