How to type international characters on the macbook?

[devilkin]

Hello all,

I've got a mb since a few days, and one thing I still haven't found - how do I type special characters on the macbook, like accents on letters, inverted question mark, ...

It's very easy to do on linux, but I just can't figure out how it should work on Mac.

Thanks!

 

[MacHeadCase]

There are two things you can activate via the System Preferences -> International -> Input Menu.

Simply tick ON Character Palette and Keyboard Viewer.

These two options will show up in the menubar, under the language for your keyboard (see attached file).

I have attached a screenshot of the Character Palette and the Keyboard Viewer so you can see what these do and look like.

 

[devilkin]

Ok, thanks, that's one way. No way to do it "while typing"?

If i have to start typing spanish letters through that, I'm going to be busy for hours...

 

[MacHeadCase]

For certain characters, you can use a combination of Option and Option + Shift and it all depends on the font that is in use.

 

[devilkin]

Oh! Nice, that was more what I was looking for! Thanks!

 

[Jbyrd]

Perhaps this will help:

http://www.studyspanish.com/accents/typing.htm#mac

 

[devilkin]

Thanks!