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If you live in the US and you wished you had a keyboard that allowed you to type characters in Spanish, this guide will help you configure your keyboard to do just that! A shout out goes to Juchipillo for the suggestions!

System –> Preferences –> Keyboard

Click on “+ Add”

Select the arrow besides “U.S. English” and select “U.S. English International (with dead keys).

In order to switch between your regular English keyboard and a spanish one we are going to add a control on our task bar. Right click on your task bar and select “+ Add to the panel”.

Choose the “Keyboard Indicator” control. You should now see “USA” on your taskbar. when you click on it it will switch to “USA*”. When it has the asterix it is in international mode. International mode will allow you to type the Spanish characters. Click on the “USA*” to switch back.

To write the following characters, make sure that your keyboard control is set to “USA*”

ñ = [shift] + [~] , n

á = ['] , a

é = ['] , e

í = ['] , i

ó = ['] , o

ú = ['] , u