SPANISH KEYBOARD

Thank you sooooo much for this ISO tip. I inherited my daughter´s Spanish macbook and was going around in circles through the forums trying to get the keyboard to make sense (the keys didn´t match the symbols when changing from English or Spanish). Added the Spanish ISO and now it all works!! Thanks again!

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2841

and/or enable the Show Character &Keyboard Viewer option in System Preferences/Language & Text/Input Sources, and use the menulet that pops up in the menu bar.

natimanzana wrote:

Hello! could anybody tell me how I can type the @symbol in a spanish keyboard in my mac book pro? please

Option/alt + 2

Thanks!!! I'm new at Mac so... pretty lost. Thanks, this helped a lot.➕🙂

The answer is as follows.

1. Ensure you have installed the Spanish language on your Mac. To do this go to System preferences - keyboard - input sources - then use the + button (bottom left) select Spainish from the list of keyboard (make sure it is for the region you want). Close down preferences.

2. Use the left alt key+g and hey presto the @ is there.

3. Alternatively go to the keyboard viewer in the top right hand corner of your screen, select the Spanish language,right click on the Spanish flag and then select show keyboard viewer. Once you do the, every time you press the left alt key the viewer will show you the at sign (where g is).

Hope this helps

lancero17 wrote:

The answer is as follows.

1. Ensure you have installed the Spanish language on your Mac....

No, you should install "Spanish ISO" in the Input Sources, not "Spanish." Otherwise your keys will not match what you type. Apple keyboards have the Spanish ISO layout, which has the @ sign at Option/alt-2, not at Option/alt-g. Option/alt-g has the Apple symbol.

Tom, thanks. I am in the UK and when I look for languages the only option that comes up in the keyboard preferences is Spanish and the system I have outlined works well for Europe. I teach Spanish and German and have had to set up for both of these plus French and I know how frustrating it can be to find the various symbols.

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lancero17 wrote:

when I look for languages the only option that comes up in the keyboard preferences is Spanish

If you do not see both Spanish and Spanish ISO as show below, something is wrong with your install of OS X and it should be redone.

On your Apple Spanish keyboard, do you not see a @ printed on right edge of the 2 key? Or perhaps you are not using a Spanish keyboard, so matching the keys to the layout does not matter?