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HemeolaMan

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From: Chicago

spanish characters

i think you all might be interested in spicing up your flamenco speak with a few spanish alphabetsssss...... so heres to ya

á Hold down ALT 160 or
Hold down ALT 0225

é Hold down ALT 130 or
Hold down ALT 0233

í Hold down ALT 161 or
Hold down ALT 0237

ó Hold down ALT 162 or
Hold down ALT 0243

ú Hold down ALT 163 or
Hold down ALT 0250

Á Hold down ALT 0193

É Hold down ALT 0201

Í Hold down ALT 0205

Ó Hold down ALT 0211

Ú Hold down ALT 0218

ü Hold down ALT 129 or
Hold down ALT 0252

Ü Hold down ALT 154 or
Hold down ALT 0220

ñ Hold down ALT 164 or
Hold down ALT 0241

Ñ Hold down ALT 165 or
Hold down ALT 0209

¿ Hold down ALT 168 or
Hold down ALT 0191

¡ Hold down ALT 173 or
Hold down ALT 0161

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 23 2007 8:10:17

Ailsa

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

I've wanted these for ages, but the codes don't work on my computer - maybe in UK? Anyone this side of the pond got any suggestions?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 23 2007 8:39:20

Kate

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From: Living in Granada, Andalucía

RE: spanish characters (in reply to Ailsa)

I'm on a mac with a UK keyboard and this is what I do. Dont know if it will help.

é = alt e and e again
á = alt e and a
ó= alt e and o
í = alt e and i
ñ = alt n and n again
¡ ( upside down exclamation mark) = alt and 1
¿ ( upside question mark) = alt caps and ?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 23 2007 12:03:02

Georg

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

I have a key next to backspace. After pressing this key i can press a e i ... and I get:

áéíóú or by pressing this key together with shift: àèìòù

But I don't know how it is for usual keyboards. Mine is a laptop keyboard.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 23 2007 13:13:52

HemeolaMan

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

MACINTOSH SPANISH CHARACTERS

For Capital Letter, press Shift with the final character

á Hold down Option and e and type a

é Hold down Option and e and type e

í Hold down Option and e and type i

ó Hold down Option and e and type o

ú Hold down Option and e and type u

Á Hold down Option, e and Shift and type a

É Hold down Option, e and Shift and type e

Í Hold down Option, e and Shift and type i

Ó Hold down Option, e and Shift and type o

Ú Hold down Option, e and Shift and type u

ü Hold down Option and e and type u

Ü Hold down Option and u and type u

ñ Hold down Option and n and type n

Ñ Hold down Option, n and Shift and type n

¿ Hold down Option and Shift and type /

¡ Hold down Option and type 1

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 23 2007 19:53:51

HemeolaMan

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to Ailsa)

FOR UK COMPUTERS

ALT-0131 ƒ

ALT-0161 ¡

ALT-0191 ¿

ALT-0192 À

ALT-0193 Á

ALT-0194 Â

ALT-0196 Ä

ALT-0197 Å

ALT-0199 Ç

ALT-0201 É

ALT-0202 Ê

ALT-0203 Ë

ALT-0204 Ì

ALT-0205 Í

ALT-0206 Î

ALT-0207 Ï

ALT-0209 Ñ

ALT-0210 Ò

ALT-0211 Ó

ALT-0212 Ô

ALT-0213 Õ

ALT-0214 Ö

ALT-0217 Ù

ALT-0218 Ú

ALT-0219 Û

ALT-0220 Ü

ALT-0221 Ý

ALT-0224 à

ALT-0225 á

ALT-0226 â

ALT-0227 ã

ALT-0228 ä

ALT-0229 å

ALT-0232 è

ALT-0233 é

ALT-0234 ê

ALT-0235 ë

ALT-0236 ì

ALT-0237 í

ALT-0238 î

ALT-0239 ï

ALT-0241 ñ

ALT-0242 ò

ALT-0243 ó

ALT-0244 ô

ALT-0246 ö

ALT-0249 ù

ALT-0250 ú

ALT-0251 û

ALT-0252 ü

ALT-0253 ý

ALT-0255 ÿ

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 23 2007 20:04:25

HemeolaMan

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

TO CHANGE YOUR KEYBOARD LAYOUT TO SPANISH CHARACTERS

this is easily switched on windows xp and once you set it up, you can change between the languages by pressing alt+shift

Click start bar > "control panel"

> click "regional and language" options

> click the "languages" tab

> click the button that says "Details..."

>"settings" tab > installed services > click "Add..."

>in the drop down menu scroll down to "spanish (traditional sort) > click ok

you can change the default setting to spanish in the settings tab, but since most of us speak english i think hitting the left ALT + SHIFT keys to switch into spanish mode will work

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 23 2007 20:28:10

kovachian

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

And for you Win XP users, go to:

Control Panel -
Date, Time, Language and Regional Options -
Regional and Language Options -
'Languages' tab -
'Details' button -
'Add' button -
Choose your input language (what you type) and your keyboard layout (leave this alone unless you know your keyboard layout is different).

Interestingly enough, there are TWENTY different versions of Spanish to choose from. Kinda cool, kinda overwhelming and kinda pointless all at once.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2009 17:33:30

edguerin

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

quote:

I have a key next to backspace. After pressing this key i can press a e i ... and I get:

áéíóú or by pressing this key together with shift: àèìòù

That only works on a German keyboard

Macs and PCs have a keyboard map feature, so that might be an alternative.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2009 23:06:36

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 3 2010 12:34:22

El Norte

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

Windows Vista users: In Programs, search Character Map. This grid contains all the language characters you will ever need. Click on the one you need, copy and paste.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Dec. 8 2010 8:12:39

simontoffle

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

I liked this all useful information about Spanish characters.I love Spanish language and Spanish people.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 11 2011 10:08:50

Delta_Slider

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

Fantastic! Thank you!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 31 2012 16:47:57

luntan16

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

Thank you for everything learned from here and congratulations for the good work.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 19 2012 6:30:25

n_malo

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

The best solution with the UK keyboard is to set the "UK Extended" keyboard, instead of the "UK" one.
With the extended version you can type the accents by pressing apostrophe (button beside 1) and then the vowel.
So if I type "`" and then "a" the result is "à".
"Alt gr" + "#" and then "n" = ñ

To set up the UK extended in Windows go to: Control Panel - Change Keyboard or other input methods - Keyboard and Languages tab - Change Keyboards button and add the language "United Kingdom Extended".

Then select UK Extended from the tray bar.

In Ubuntu and Mac the process is even easier but I don't have them in front of me now.

If you have a US keyboard, there is also US International that works in the same way

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 28 2012 11:29:26

Igglepud

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

Depending on your font being used, these codes can change a little. If you can't get them to work, try a new one.

Also, in MS Word, if you hold down CTRL and press ' (apostrophe), then next vowel you enter will have an accent. This will not work for ñ, ¿, etc.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2013 2:19:22

LaVaquera

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From: South East USA for now

RE: spanish characters (in reply to HemeolaMan)

quote:

ORIGINAL: HemeolaMan

TO CHANGE YOUR KEYBOARD LAYOUT TO SPANISH CHARACTERS

this is easily switched on windows xp and once you set it up, you can change between the languages by pressing alt+shift

Click start bar > "control panel"

> click "regional and language" options

> click the "languages" tab

> click the button that says "Details..."

>"settings" tab > installed services > click "Add..."

>in the drop down menu scroll down to "spanish (traditional sort) > click ok

you can change the default setting to spanish in the settings tab, but since most of us speak english i think hitting the left ALT + SHIFT keys to switch into spanish mode will work

Thanks! I use Spanish every day I am at work. 90% of my clients speak it. This will help, although most of them cannot read.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 5 2013 16:13:46

El Kiko

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to Igglepud)

Why would you want to write Spanish if you didnt speak it ?...and if you did then why not just have a Spanish keyboard ... like this one, so you have for example an ñ key , just after the L , so if you want that letter you press it ......¿isn't that easier?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 5 2013 17:50:30

Paul Magnussen

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to El Kiko)

Because then you can’t type English — no apostrophe, for example.

It doesn’t bother those of us who use Macs — you can touch-type any Western European language

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 5 2013 22:33:23

El Kiko

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

yes you can ... how do you think we do this ...???

i dont think you thought about this ....'''''' apostrophe,'''

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 5 2013 22:47:41

Paul Magnussen

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to El Kiko)

You’re right of course: I'm out of date.

I bought a Spanish typewriter in the early ’80s so I could write my flamenco reviews for Guitar International, and then had the problem with English as mentioned; but I should have realised a computer would be more flexible.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 5 2013 22:58:55

El Kiko

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

Exactly .. there's one or two changes .. so maybe you type Cantiña or Cantina in the middle of an (English) sentence anyway ... and everyone , Spanish and English get it anyway...
I dont see the big deal ...

A bit like writing ..Its ...or ...It's ....it would not detract from what you are writing by virtue of typeface ... or whatever ....

in my , small . opinion worse would be, people saying it , meaning spoken ..as it just comes out all wrong , sounds like Caniiyña or something ... and the big one is the word 'Compas '....that only has 2 vowels and both come out wrong ....So the O sounds kind of Or ..and the A sounds 'ahr'....so its comes out as..''Corm-Parhs' ' or something like that .. hard to explain but my small pet hate /Rant
I would rather peolpe just said 'Rhythm' , for example

Com, (short shallow) 'O' ....and... pa' ..hit the 'a' hard... contrary to popular belief in Andalucia , depending on your zone ..and there is no 'R' sound ever .. the last 'S' does really exist . its just a bit 'eaten away . or trialed off .

Compa(s)

its late so i really should post after drink ............................

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 5 2013 23:23:28

guitarbuddha

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to El Kiko)

Hey Kiko, I like the way you use multiple punctuation marks to pace us.

Kinda like Harold Pinter.

D.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 5 2013 23:35:19

chester

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to El Kiko)

quote:

A bit like writing ..Its ...or ...It's ....it would not detract from what you are writing by virtue of typeface ... or whatever ....

Hate to burst your bubble Rico but it's means "it is" and its is the possessive for "it".

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 6 2013 0:27:17

Paul Magnussen

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to El Kiko)

quote:

I dont see the big deal

I’ve grown quite fussy about such things, because a) I dislike sloppiness in general, and b) it leads to mispronuncations.

For instance , when I was at Len William’s Spanish Guitar Centre in London on the ’60s, everyone pronounced the guitar piece as Lagríma by Tarréga, because no one had bothered to write the accents in.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 6 2013 1:10:43

BarkellWH

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to chester)

quote:

quote: A bit like writing ..Its ...or ...It's ....it would not detract from what you are writing by virtue of typeface ... or whatever ....

Hate to burst your bubble Rico but it's means "it is" and its is the possessive for "it".

Once again illustrating the importance of proper punctuation and grammar if one wishes to make meaning precise.

Cheers,

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 6 2013 10:46:59

guitarbuddha

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to BarkellWH)

quote:

ORIGINAL: BarkellWH

to make meaning precise.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 6 2013 11:15:48

guitarbuddha

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to BarkellWH)

quote:

ORIGINAL: BarkellWH

Once again illustrating the importance of proper punctuation and grammar

Goodwill may well be more 'proper' than good grammar, if communication is the goal.

D.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 6 2013 11:19:48

BarkellWH

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to guitarbuddha)

quote:

Goodwill may well be more 'proper' than good grammar, if communication is the goal.

The two are not mutually exclusive, Guitarbuddha. Just out of curiosity, are you referring to Chester's clarification or my endorsement of it?

Cheers,

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 6 2013 13:47:25

El Kiko

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RE: spanish characters (in reply to chester)

quote:

Hate to burst your bubble Rico but it's means "it is" and its is the possessive for "it".

not bursting a bubble , I know what you mean by the difference between the two , but the sentence itself will let you know which one it is , even if its the wrong one ....

That actually reinforces my point, if you write with a ñ or not it wont matter as we mainly write in English anyway ...so , mas and más,,same thing ....

Thats the good thing about the human brain ... for those of us who have one ...
actually you only need the first and last letter of a word to be right and you can understand ..like this ....

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

amazing you are all genuises by reading that ...........

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