How to Write in Spanish on Microsoft Word

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Are you currently trying to type a word in Spanish when in your Microsoft Word program? This article will explain how to type Spanish letters into the program.

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    Open Tools menu from Menu bar, and select Language under the Set Language portion of the menu. [1]
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    You can either use the Alt key the Ctrl and the associated other key you'd like to add key methods to display the character. [2]
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Method 1
Method 1 of 3:

Alt Key Method

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    Make sure the light on your keyboard for this key is currently lit. Press the Num ⇩ key, if it is not.
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    Locate the number that corresponds to the letter you'd like to use from Help with Microsoft Keyboards US-International table that lists all of the most-often typed characters for most any language that contains miscellaneous punctuation with letters.
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Method 2
Method 2 of 3:

Ctrl Key Method

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    Make sure the light on your keyboard for this key is currently lit. Press Num ⇩ if the light has not been lit yet. [6]
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    Pressing this key will trigger Word to use the characters with the apostrophe on top of the letter. [8]
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    (It will even work, if you type an uppercase letter instead.) [9]
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Method 3
Method 3 of 3:

Typing the Upside Down Character

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    I think you mean the accents? For é ó ú á í you just hit alt and grave at the same time as the letter Otherwise you go to Symbol, find the symbol you want to use and insert it. Once you've used it, a letter will come up in the top list of symbols so you don't need to continually scroll down through them to find it.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-an-editing-or-authoring-language-or-set-language-preferences-in-office-663d9d94-ca99-4a0d-973e-7c4a6b8a827d#ID0EBBF=2010,_2013,_2016
      2. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keyboard-shortcuts-to-add-language-accent-marks-in-word-and-outlook-3801b103-6a8d-42a5-b8ba-fdc3774cfc76
      3. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keyboard-shortcuts-to-add-language-accent-marks-in-word-and-outlook-3801b103-6a8d-42a5-b8ba-fdc3774cfc76
      4. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keyboard-shortcuts-to-add-language-accent-marks-in-word-and-outlook-3801b103-6a8d-42a5-b8ba-fdc3774cfc76
      5. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keyboard-shortcuts-to-add-language-accent-marks-in-word-and-outlook-3801b103-6a8d-42a5-b8ba-fdc3774cfc76
      6. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/keyboard-shortcuts-for-international-characters-108fa0c1-fb8e-4aae-9db1-d60407d13c35
      7. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/keyboard-shortcuts-for-international-characters-108fa0c1-fb8e-4aae-9db1-d60407d13c35
      8. ↑ https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/spanish-language/accents
      9. ↑ https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/spanish-language/accents

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