Typing Spanish Accents
These are the default shortcuts for typing Spanish accents in the following Microsoft programs:
- Microsoft Word: Word for Office 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, Word 2013, Word 2010, Word 2007 Outlook 2007
- Microsoft Outlook: Outlook for Office 365, Outlook 2019, Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007
NOTE: Most programs will let you copy and paste characters. Please feel free to copy and paste the letters from this page into your documents!
Lower Case Letters
á (lower case a, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then the letter a
é (lower case e, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then the letter e
í (lower case i, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then the letter i
ó (lower case o, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then the letter o
ú (lower case u, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then the letter u
ñ (lower case n, tilde accent) = Press Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde), then the letter n
ü (lower case u, diaeresis accent) = Press Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then the letter u
Upper Case Letters
Á (upper case A, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then Shift + a
É (upper case E, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then Shift + e
Í (upper case I, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then Shift + i
Ó (upper case O, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then Shift + o
Ú (upper case U, acute accent) = Press Ctrl + ' (apostrophe), then Shift + u
Ñ (upper case N, tilde accent) = Press Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde), then Shift + n
Ü (upper case U, diaeresis accent) = Press Ctrl + Shift + : (colon), then Shift + u
Punctuation Marks
¿ (inverted question mark) = Press Alt + Ctrl + Shift + ? (question mark)
¡ (inverted exclamation mark) = Press Alt + Ctrl + Shift + ! (exclamation mark)
« (opening angle quotation mark) = Press Ctrl + ` (grave accent), then Shift + < (less than symbol)
» (closing angle quotation mark) = Press Ctrl + ` (grave accent), then Shift + > (greater than symbol)
