Western Spanish Keyboard
I am new in this forum and I would like to know if the 'Western Spanish' keyboard for macbook is exactly the same as the Spanish keyboard, I mean, with these symbols: (ñ) (´) (¨) (€) etc.
I am from Spain but I am living in NYC and I would like to buy macbook with the Western Spanish keyboard in the apple store but I don't know if it is like the keyboard bought in Spain
If someone has a Western Spanish keyboard's picture I would be very grateful. I could compare both
Thank you
Online Keyboard to type a text with all the special characters and punctuation marks of the Western languages. Click on 'Add a keyboard'. Select a Spanish keyboard. Once you have done this, you can switch between keyboards by clicking on the keyboard language shown on the bottom right of your screen, or simply by holding the windows key and pressing the spacebar until you find the language you are looking for.
The Western Spanish keyboard (WSK) sold in the US is NOT like the standard Spanish keyboard that is sold and used in Spain. You can visually compare the differences by signing into the US Apple site and saving an image of the WSK and then changing countries to the Spanish site and saving an image of the Spanish keyboard.
Western Spanish Keyboard Language
Given that there is no Western Spanish keyboard layout in the international preference pane, I'm guessing that it is the same as the Spanish layout. To see exactly what that layout is, enable it. I've a question about the apple western spanish keyboard i want to know if this keyboard is latin american layout or spanish form spain layout Can you show me a picture of this keyboard i'm from southamerica and i wish to buy a macbook pro but i have this question answer please.
Posted on Oct 13, 2007 7:05 AM
Following on from yesterday's post, here is a spanish keyboard map:
A larger, printable version of the keyboard can be found here - print it out and keep it near your keyboard. I found it really useful writing up my notes from classes using the spanish keyboard, and it doesn't take long to get used to using the accents, brackets etc.
Here's an explanation of how it works:
In the diagram, the small (red) characters at the top left of each key is the symbol you will find on the PC's key itself. The larger (blue) character shown on the key in the diagram will be shown on the PC's screen when that key is pressed.
Here, the Q key, at the top left of the keyboard, will produce the letter q and the key that is marked ; will produce ñ.
Normally holding down the Shift key when a key is pressed will produce a capital letter, in the two example mentioned Q and Ñ. (The Shift keys are coloured yellow in the diagram.) When this is not the case the shifted form is shown in the diagram (in black) above the 'normal' character. For example, if the shift is held down when the digit 5 key is pressed the % will be displayed on the PC's screen. Another example is the = key which will produce the characters ¡ and ¿.
In some cases you have to press two keys consecutively to generate an accented letter. We have already seen that, when we have selected the Spanish keyboard, by pressing the ; key we generate a ñ. If you want to include a é while using the Spanish keyboard you will have to press the ' key and then the e key. In the diagrams keys used in this way to generate accents are shown in purple.
Some keys can generate more than two characters. The additional characters are shown in green in the diagrams. An example on the Spanish layout is the key marked 6. This produces a 6 or, if you use the shift key, the & character. If you hold down the Alt Gr key (which is to the right of the space bar and is coloured pink in the diagram) when pressing the key you will produced the ¬ character. Another example is the # key. This can be used as normal to produce ç and Ç. It can also be used with Alt Gr to produce the { symbol.