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HOW TO ADD ACCENTS AND IN WORD (WIN)

Janette Diaz offers advice on adding accent marks and the enye () when writing in Spanish in a word document using Windows.
(c) 20101UC Regents, Janette Diaz, October 10, 2011.

Adding accents and enyes automatically to words as you type: 1. Go to the Review tab, right click on Language and select Language Preferences. Select Spanish from the box with different language options.

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1. Go to the bottom of the page, where it shows the page numbers, number of words and the language. 2. Put the cursor over the language shown and then right-click. A box with different language selections will appear. Select Spanish. Adding the enye () individually: 1. Hold Alt and type in 164

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Hold Ctrl, hold Shift, press ~, and then press n.

Adding the accent marks individually: 1. Hold down Ctrl, press (the single quotation mark) and then follow it by pressing the letter you want to add the accent to (typically a vowel).