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Typing Accent Marks and Characters on a Chromebook
Typing Accent Marks and Characters on a Chromebook
In Spanish there is an accent mark over some vowels to show where the word is stressed. There is a letter that has a mark called a "tilde." This letter is pronounced like the "ny" of "canyon." There is an upside–down question mark to begin a question and an upside–down exclamation mark to begin an exclamation.
Chromebook Accent Characters
Chromebook Accent Characters
To do diacriticals/accents on a Chromebook:
Set up the input methods one time:
Click on user icon -> Settings -> scroll down, Show Advanced -> Languages -> Customize languages and input...
Under "Input method" check the "US International Keyboard" checkbox (Leave "US Keyboard" checked as well)
Click the "Add" button
Select "French"
Also check the “US Extended Keyboard”
When you’re done, your languages screens should look like these:
Exit the settings page. There will now be a little "US" between the clock and the network connection indicator in the lower right corner.
Go to the page/Doc where you want to do international input.
Use left-alt + left-shift; the "US" in the corner will change to "INTL" or “EXTD” or “FR” -- pick “INTL”
At this point, you can use the right "Alt" key as a modifier: for example, Right-Alt + e = é (with aigu accent)
When you are done, left-alt + left-shift will set it back to "US" (and right alt will just be alt again)
To enable Caps Lock: leftalt-search (magnifying glass key)
While in INTL (with French enabled) mode:
backtick-e makes an è (grave)
rightalt-e makes an é (aigu)
backtick-a makes à
rightalt-a makes á
rightalt-5 makes € (Euro)
rightalt-c makes ç (cedille)
rightshift-6 then a makes â (circonflexe)
leftalt-shift to change keyboard to “EXTD” and then:
rightalt-q makes a ä
rightalt-r makes a ë
rightalt-j makes a ï
rightalt-p makes a ö
rightalt-y makes a ü
Spanish (either mode):
rightalt-n makes ñ
shift-rightalt-1 makes a ¡
rightalt-? makes a ¿
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Large reference:
English (USA Extended) Alt-Key mappings
Top Row:
1 ¹
2 ²
3 ³
4 ¤
5 €
6 ⁶ (or dead key for hacek)
7 dead key for various high hook characters: ư ơ
8 dead key for various high hook characters: ų ǫ
9 ‘ayn ???
0 unknown
- ¥
¹²³¤€’¥×‘
= ×
Shift-Alt:
~ dead key for tilda: ñ Ǹ
! ¡
@ dead key? unknown pairings
# dead key for ē ā bar over: kitāb
$ £
% dead key for cedilla: ç ş Ş
^ ¼
& ½
* ¾
( dead key for breve: ŏ ŭ
) unknown
_ dead key for dot under: ọ ḥ; e.g., Muḥammad
+ ÷
Second Row:
q ä
w å
e é
r ë
t þ (Icelandic thorn)
y ü
i í
o ó
p ö
[ «
] »
\ ¬
Shift-Alt:
Q Ä
W É
R Ë
T Þ (Icelandic Thorn)
Y Ü
U Ú
I Í
O Ó
P Ö
{ “
} ”
| ¦
Third Row:
a á
s ß (schloss s)
d ð (eth)
f f
g g
h h
j ï
k œ
l ø
; ¶
' dead key for acute accent (case insensitive: áÁ éÉ íÍ óÓ úÚ
Shift-Alt:
A Á
S ß
D Ð (capital Eth)
F F
G G
H H
J Ï
K Œ
L Ø
: ° (degree sign)
" dead key for umlaut (case insensitive): äÄ ëË ïÏ öÖ üÜ
Fourth Row:
z æ
x œ
c ©
v ®
b b
n ñ
m µ
, ç
. dead key for dot over: ȧ ė ṅṄ
/ ¿
Shift-Alt:
Z Æ
X Œ
C ©
V ®
B B
N Ñ
M unknown
< Ç
> dead key for hacek (case insensitive): ǒ Ǒ
? dead key for unknown diacritic: ả ỏ
Sources:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/chromebook-central/Ab04m3sqmIo
Other Systems: Windows PC's and Mac's
Other Systems: Windows PC's and Mac's
On a Windows PC, one way to type accent marks or characters in Spanish is to do the following:
Turn on the key labeled "num lock" located on the top right of the keyboard.
Hold down the "alt" key and type the following numbers using the number pad on the right of the keyboard:
Using the ALT KeyUsing ALT KeyNumber CombinationCharacter
130= é
160= á
161= í
162= ó
163= ú
164= ñ
168= ¿
173= ¡
Another way is to go to the top to "Insert." Find "Symbol" and click on it. Then look at the symbol chart that appears, find your symbol and click "Insert."
A third way that will work only for the accent marks is to press down on Ctrl+ ' (apostrophe), let go and then type your letter. Your letter should appear with the accent mark in place!
If you have a laptop
If you have a laptop
Hold down the Shift key, and while holding it down, hit your number lock key (NumLk). On my laptop, the number lock key also says "ScrLk" and it is on the very top of my keyboard, two keys over from the power button.
Now, when you need an accent mark, hold down the Alt button and type the following numbers using your *number pad*—not the numbers which go along the top of your keyboard, but the numbers which are on the letter keys. For example, the letter U key also has a number 4 on it and the letter L key also has a number 3 on it. These are the numbered keys you want to use. Use the following numbers to get your accented characters:
If you have a laptopKey CombinationCharacter
130= é
160= á
161= í
162= ó
163= ú
164= ñ
168= ¿
173= ¡
If you have a Macintosh
If you have a Macintosh
To get accents on the Mac, hold down the Option key, and while holding it down, type the letter vowel; then release those keys and type the letter that you want the accent to appear on:
If you have a MacintoshKey CombinationCharacter
Opt + e, then a= á
Opt + e, then e= é
Opt + e, then i= í
Opt + e, then o= ó
Opt + e, then u= ú
Opt + u, then u= ü
Opt + n, then n= ñ
Opt + 1= ¡
Opt + shift + ? = ¿
Your learning management system may not allow you to type symbols. Therefore, you may need to cut and paste from Microsoft Word. Your words need to be spelled correctly, with the appropriate accent mark or symbol.
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