bilingual keyboard

i use English and Spanish in equal amounts and constantly switch back and forth using the language switcher icon, but mostly i only use 2 specific symbols from Spanish (ñ and ¿) as most messages dont require 100% correct grammar with Spanish accents etc. Is there a way for me to avoid switching back and forth so much, staying in English, and using character codes or ASCII or a short cut of some kind to bring up these 2 characters from an English keyboard?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 9, 2023 08:34 AM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2023 08:43 AM

For ñ, hold down the option key, type the "n" key and then type "n"

For ¿, just hold down both the option and shift keys and then type "?"


PS: I'm not familiar with Spanish, only French. But there are many other keyboard shortcuts like this. You can use the "Show Keyboard Viewer" option in the Keyboard preferences menu to see all the possible combinations when holding down option and shift.

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Mar 9, 2023 08:43 AM in response to escocia1

For ñ, hold down the option key, type the "n" key and then type "n"

For ¿, just hold down both the option and shift keys and then type "?"


PS: I'm not familiar with Spanish, only French. But there are many other keyboard shortcuts like this. You can use the "Show Keyboard Viewer" option in the Keyboard preferences menu to see all the possible combinations when holding down option and shift.

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