If (1) ALT+0225 gives you the correct character, (2) the corresponding key
on your Spanish-language keyboard doesn't, and (3) you've added the correct
alternate keyboard layout (cf.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/reginalsup.mspx), I'd
have to assume that the Spanish-language keyboard isn't compatible with your
English-language version of Windows.
If so, you have two choices:
1. Install a Spanish-language version of Windows and use the same keyboard;
or
2. Use an English-language keyboard with the Spanish-language Keyboard
Layout as a reference when you type, adding diacritics when necessary. See
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/keyboards.mspx
Yes, it's very confusing.
[NB for lurkers: You may have to change View > Encoding to UTF-8 for the
Spanish-language characters in this thread to display properly.]
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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Godenjoyer wrote:
> I was using Spanish-language keyboard. English XP.
> I tried the ALT+0225 and it gives me the á. But how about all the other
> characters? Do I have to learn a bunch of alts to get by?
> Is there no way to get the Spanish keyboard to work correctly?
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> Are you using a Spanish-language keyboard or...? What language-version
>> of
>> WinXP?
>>
>> Does ALT+0225 give you the correct character (i.e., á)?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/
>>
>>
>> Godenjoyer wrote:
>>> The accent in Spanish gives the incorrect slant. (El està corriendo.)
>>> The
>>> spelling dictionary usually gives me the correct slant (¿Están Uds.
>>> listos?)
>>> so I know that something in the input is incorrect.
>>> I am using XP home and the language setting is Spanish International
>>> sort.
>>> Godenjoyer