The following shortcuts work with most applications and browsers:
Acute Accent | é | alt + 130 | É | alt + 144 |
Grave Accent |
à |
alt + 133 |
À |
alt + 0192 |
Quotation Marks |
« |
alt + 0171 |
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Acute Accent | é | option + e, then e |
Grave Accent | à, è, ì, ò, ù | option + `, then the letter |
Quotation Marks | « » |
option + \ option + shift + \ |
Software for PCs:
The Microsoft Office suite supports Spanish, French, and Italian spell check. You can set it as your default language by using these instructions.
Gmail also supports foreign language spell check, to use this: click on the drop-down menu for spell check in an email and select Español, Francais, or Italiano. You may still have correctly spelled words appear misspelled depending on your browser settings.
To change your browser language:
Firefox: In the Options window go to the Content tab and set the Language.
Chrome: Settings -> Advanced settings -> Languages
Here are the LTS instructions for setting up a foreign language keyboard:
Software for Macs:
The Microsoft Office Suite supports Spanish, French, and Italian spell check. You can set it as your default language by using these instructions.
Gmail also supports foreign language spell check, to use this: click on the drop-down menu for spell check in an email and select Español, Francais, or Italiano. You may still have correctly spelled words appear mispelled depending on your browser settings.
To change your browser language:
Firefox: In the Options window go to the Content tab and set the Language.
Chrome: Settings -> Advanced settings -> Languages
Here are the LTS instructions for setting up a foreign language keyboard: