HOW TO ADD A SPANISH KEYBOARD TO YOUR COMPUTER (for WINDOWS PCs)
1. In CONTROL PANEL, locate Clock, Language, and Region.
Select Change Keyboards.
4. Select SPANISH (Spain, Traditional Sort). Then click Keyboard in the
sub-menu that opens and check the box next to Spanish. Then click OK.
2. Click on “Change keyboards...”.
(Don’t worry; you will not be getting rid of the English keyboard,
just adding a Spanish keyboard.)
5. You will now see that the Spanish keyboard has been added to your list
of keyboards. Click APPLY, then OK to exit.
3. In the window that opens, click ADD.
6. To go into “Spanish Keyboard mode,” click on the new language toggle
button at the bottom of your computer screen and select ES = español.
EN
SEE NEXT PAGE FOR
KEYBOARD DIAGRAM
WITH ENGLISH-SPANISH
EQUIVALENTS
EQUIVALENTS for SPANISH KEYBOARD MODE: (see next page for actual Spanish Keyboard)
ENGLISH KEYBOARD
1
!
1
2
"
2
Q
Q
q
3
·
3
W
W
w
A
A
a
E
E
e
4
$
4
R
R
r
S
S
s
Z
Z
z
SPANISH KEYBOARD
(with SHIFT key)
T
T
t
D
D
d
X
X
x
5
%
5
F
F
f
C
C
c
V
V
v
6
&
6
7
/
7
8
(
8
U
U
u
I
I
i
O
O
o
G
G
g
H
H
h
J
J
j
K
K
k
B
B
b
N
N
n
M
M
m
Other equivalents:
º
9
)
9
Y
Y
y
Accent marks on vowels = Pink key + vowel. Dieresis = Shift + green key + vowel.
=
SPANISH KEYBOARD
(without SHIFT key)
[
^
`
P
P
p
.
:
.
=
¿
¡
]
*
+
;
Ñ
ñ
L
L
l
,
;
,
?
'
0
=
0
\
Ç
ç
'
¨
´
/
_
-
[Brackets] = Rt. Alt. + same keys as English keyboard
Numbers with Right Alt. Key:
+ Shift =
ª
+ Rt. =
Alt.
\
2 + Rt. Alt. = @
4 + Rt. Alt. = ~
3 + Rt. Alt. = #
5 + Rt. Alt. = €
SPANISH KEYBOARD
(or... a couple of visuals for the whole enchildada in case this is easier to work with)
FOR LETTERS WITH ACCENT MARKS: Press the key to the right of the Ñ, then the vowel.