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Questions tagged [spanish]

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Mac has wrong Spanish keyboard layout

My Mac has the wrong layout for the Spanish keyboard. Layout Mac thinks my keyboard is: Expected Spanish ISO layout: As you can see from the images - the layouts are different. For example, '<' and '>' are in different locations. Any idea how to…
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Microsoft Word is in English but "Figure", "Equation" and "Table" appear in Spanish

In my new laptop I am using Microsoft Word 2003 SP3 running on Microsoft Windows XP in English. Everything appears in English, and my default language in MS Word is English, which is fine since I write in this language. However, when I add a table,…
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Can I change Windows 7 display language on Home Premium version?

My neighbor just bought a Windows 7 laptop. He's from Mexico originally, and he wants to switch it over to use Spanish. Before I even helped him, he was able to switch it over to use a Spanish keyboard, date time format, etc. Internet Explorer…
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Quickly translate a word from English

I'm always reading English, but I'm a Spanish native speaker (I'm working on my thesis). Sometimes I need to translate a word into Spanish, and what I do now is to open a new tab and go to Google Translate and then put the word into the input field.…
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What are the differences between Office 2011 and Office 2011 Spanish edition?

I notice that both Office 2011 and Office 2011 Spanish edition are available at Amazon here in the US in three-user home and student editions. However, the Spanish version costs only two-thirds of what the English version does. Can the menus of the…
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How do I type the Spanish inverted question mark in Emacs?

I want to write in Spanish without having to keep Charmap open! How do I type the Spanish inverted question and exclamation marks? ¡Quiero escribir en Castellano sin usar el charmap! ¿Cómo escribo los signos de interrogación y exclamación? How do I…
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How can I write Spanish accents on my Dell XPS Studio 16 keyboard?

I state the model number because generally you would type ALT + to type a letter from another language. But you would have to use the numerical pad with NumLock on. Most laptops usually have the numerical pad over the letters, which can be…
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How to install spanish dictionary for ispell Emacs in OS X

I am trying to install the spanish dictionary for ispell, espa~nol 1.11. The most up-to-date source I was able to find is from the ispanish package at http://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/espa-nol. My sequence of steps is as follows: 1)…
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Any trick to type ¿ in a US keyboard layout

I have a US-International keyboard layout but often need to type spanish characters, almost all can be easily replaced with a key combination, except ¿ that I need to pull out Win-. to select the character. Anyone knows a key combination to type it…
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Why does Finder keeping showing me menus in Spanish?

The bottom of my menus, when I command-click on a file in Finder, are in Spanish: How can I stop this from happening? I'm sure I inadvertently hit a key combination that did this, but I'm stumped as to what that was. My System Preference settings…
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Delay time only for "ñ" key

I have a Spanish keyboard, with Win 10. Since a couple of weeks ago, whenever I press the ñ key, I have to keep it depressed for the character to be typed. This delay is similar to that for repeating characters, but for the first. This is annoying,…
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Switching between windows of Same Applications ONLY for Spanish Layout (El Capitan OS X)

I open Word Office 2016 for MAC Create Blank Document (Document1.docx) Add Text "Test One" Create another Blank Document (Document2.docx) Add Text "Test Two" Now I want change between Document1.docx and Document1.docx (only using 2 Keys, not…
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How to configure Spanish Speech under MS Windows 7 English

I need to get working Spanish Speech Recognition under clean MS Windows 7 Pro English. I found some links but it is not what I need as I…
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