Keyboard layout for Western Spanish keyboard?

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Keyboard layout for Western Spanish keyboard?

I've had a somewhat Frankenstein system. My Mac Mini is from the US, and for ages I've had a British physical Apple keyboard which I've just replaced with a aluminum Apple Wireless Keyboard bought in Colombia (where I live now). Not surprisingly, this keyboard seems to be one of Apple's "Western Spanish" model; however, I can't find a keyboard layout amongst those in the System Preferences > International > Input Menu that seems to match what's printed on my keys. (The presumably European Spanish keyboard layout seems similar, but different.)

Does anyone know if there is an appropriate keyboard layout built into OS X that matches the Western Spanish keyboard, or if there's one that's downloadable?

Mac Mini (2 Ghz Intel/2 GB RAM), Mac OS X (10.4.10), Apple Western Spanish wireless keyboard

Posted on Apr 27, 2008 9:22 AM

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BDAqua

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Apr 27, 2008 10:21 AM in response to carlaz

See if the Spanish in Custom Installs is the one...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301229

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carlaz Author

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Apr 28, 2008 8:31 AM in response to BDAqua

Thanks -- I think that did it. After doing the custom install for Spanish language stuff, I noticed a new keyboard layout "Spanish - ISO" in the Input Menu that hadn't been there before (alongside the regular "Spanish" keyboard layout that had been there all along). I enabled it for use, logged out and logged back in, and selected it from the list. Lo and behold, it seems to match the keys on my Apple Western Spanish keyboard as far as I can tell.

Many thanks!

Strange that you have to install the Spanish language options specially to see this "Spanish - ISO" keyboard layout that matches the physical Apple keyboard, though I have loads and loads of other keyboard layout options available from the Input menu, including the "Spanish" (non-ISO) keyboard layout that doesn't match the physical Apple keyboard! Oh well, problem solved in any case! 🙂

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BDAqua

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Apr 28, 2008 9:58 AM in response to carlaz

Great news, though it is a bit strange, like you say! 🙂

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