How to do accent marks…

On a Macintosh:

Accents: Option e – release – then the vowel that you wish to be accented

Tilde: Option n – release – n

Question marks: Shift Option ?

Exclamation marks: Option !

Umlaut: Option u – release – then u again

On a PC: Go to My computer, click on control panel, keyboard, language, add language, Spanish Modern Sort, Apply, preferences, United States International keyboard, set as default.

Accents: Apostrophe then whatever vowel you wish

Tilde: Shift tilde then “n”

Question marks: Control alt question mark

Exclamation marks: Control alt exclamation mark

Umlaut – quotation marks/ u

Windows XP: Go to my computer, click on control panel, click on regional & language, click on languages / detail / Add: Spanish (Mexico) United States International keyboard — or if you’re adventurous try the Spanish International Sort keyboard.