Help re Spanish Keyboard

lizzo

When in Spanish hotel last year I tried using the internet, but found I just could not make the @ sign work. It was placed on a key with two other symbols (can't remember which ones now). The @ was on the bottom right, but I could not find a combination of keys to make it work, therefore I wasn't able to get into my emails. I am going again next week. Can someone please tell me how to make the @ sign work?

Browntoa

How to change keyboard language in Windows XP

1. Click Start and then Control Panel
2. In Control Panel, if you are in Category View, click on Switch to Classic View
3. Open Regional and Language Options.
4. Click on the Languages tab.
5. Under Text services and input languages, click on the Details button.
6. Under Installed services, click Add.
7. In the Add Input Language dialog box, choose the input language and keyboard layout or Input Method Editor (IME) you want to add.
8. Click OK twice. You should now see a language indicator in the System Tray (located at bottom right hand corner of the desktop by default). You can switch between different input methods by pressing the Alt + Shift keys
9. Remember to changes it back to Spanish !!!!

[Deleted User]

Hi,

did a bit of searching over my morning coffee, and found this.

Arroba (@), post 4, seems you just use "alt gr" and number 2, does that sound right?

[Deleted User]

Browntoa wrote: »

How to change keyboard language in Windows XP

Hi,

not sure if anyone can change keyboard settings on a public computer, hotel, library or whatever, in a busy international place, it would be a bit confusing, you could go to a computer and might find it set for Russian, Arabic, etc, ok if you know the language.

martindow

I don't think the OP is asking to change the language/layout of the keyboard but to make some symbols work. I think I used a Spanish keyboard in north Morocco once and some keys where you would expect to to use shift used the alt gr key. I had to ask in the internet cafe as I could see the ! symbol I wanted on a key but could not get it to write.

myangelannie

You might want to look at this chart. It contains all you should need and is courtesy of The University of York!

I found it to be a great help and a wonderful page to bookmark as well.

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/symbchrc.htm

Jzpop

I would print out the chart at the link below and take it with you -
http://data.webjunction.org/wj/documents/10576.pdf

Jake'sGran

When I want to use the EURO sign which is in the same position as you say the @ sign is on the Spanish keyboard I use: Press Ctrl+ALT together and then the key it's on e.g. €

Sorry if this doesn't help.

Moneymaker

Jake's right. When I was in Germany I had to press Ctrl+Alt and number 2 to get "@".

lizzo

Thanks for all the suggestions, I will give them a try next week when I am in Spain! :j