Fernando Feliu-Moggi, Ph.D.

Using Macintosh • Using Microsoft Word • Using Windows • Quick Reference

Macintosh utiliza la secuencia de las tablas siguientes

Para mayúsculas, utiliza CAPS LOCK (CL)

Microsoft Word presenta las siguientes opciones de tecleo:

Otros procesadores de palabras pueden usar otros métodos para insertar caracteres. Puedes ver varias opciones en: http://www.starr.net/is/type/kbh.html.

1. The PC keystroke index can be handy when the special characters are seldom used, because it does not require installing any special keyboard layout. The user needs to enter a 4-digit sequence on the number pad (with NUM LOCK on) while holding down the ALT key:

2. The U.S. International Keyboard Layout for Windows makes the accented characters quite easy to enter, but the keyboard behaves a bit differently. To use this method, one needs to (a) set it up, and (b) know how the keyboard behaves.

(a) Setting up the US International Keyboard
• Windows 95, 98 and ME: click the Start button, then choose Settings, Control Panel, and double-click the
    Keyboard icon. In the new window, click the Language tab. Under Keyboard languages and layouts, click the
    Properties button. Select United States-International for keyboard layout from the drop-down menu, or add a
    language and give it properties - one of which is the US-International English keyboard. Use Apply or OK to
    finish the process. The Windows installation CD is usually needed. A description with visual aids is at
    Creighton U. LRC.
• Windows 2000: click the Start button, then go to settings-->control panels-->regional options-->
    input locales to set the U.S. int'l keyboard.
• Windows XP: Click Start-->Control Panel-->Date, Time, Language and Regional Options.
   Click on Regional and Language Options. In the new window, click on the Language Tab-->Details.
   In the new window, click on the Add button and then scroll to
    English (United States) ? United States-International as your Default Input Language.

(b) How the Keyboard behaves
In the US-International keyboard the five punctuation keys ` ' " ~ ^ are now "dead": nothing happens immediately upon pressing them. If the next key pressed is a vowel, an accented vowel will appear. For an accented a (á), for example, just type the apostrophe ', then the a: á. Press ~ and then n to obtain ñ, and " then u for the ü.
Recent PCs also allow you to use the  right alt key  + another key:
         right alt + ? = ¿    right alt + ! = ¡     right alt + c = ©     right alt + e  = é   , etc.
If you want to begin a quote or just enter the mark by itself, simply enter the key followed by the space bar to get ' " ^ ~, etc.

Useful sources:

http://www.starr.net/is/type/kbh.html

http://www.colby.edu/lrc/help/diacritics.html

http://www.creighton.edu/langlab/howto/accentsWin9/accentsWin9.htm