# Keyboard - Mac OS X and spanish accents

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**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/keyboard-mac-os-x-and-spanish-accents/6712 "2021-01-20T15:45:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Berenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Berenger](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Berenger)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/keyboard-mac-os-x-and-spanish-accents/6712/1 "2021-01-20T15:45:50Z")

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Hello,

I use Anki to learn Spanish, and I have a problem when I want to add some Spanish accents like ñ or á, é, etc.

In other apps, I can choose which accent I want when I keep holding the touch for a few seconds, but it doesn’t work in Anki, it keeps writing like “aaaaaaaaaaaaa” for exemple when I want to write á.

Does someone knows how I can fix it?

Thank you 🙂

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**Author:** ![hengiesel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/hengiesel/32/920_2.png) [@hengiesel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/hengiesel)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/keyboard-mac-os-x-and-spanish-accents/6712/2 "2021-01-20T17:52:26Z")

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On macOS I use the ABC-Extended keyboard, which allows me to use first `Option+n` to make a `˜`, and by pressing `n` afterwards, I create a `ñ`.

For the accent `é`, I press `Option+e` to make the `´`, and afterwards one of the vowels, to make áéúóí.

You can set up keyboards under Preferences \> Keyboard \> Input Sources.

Edit: And `Option+Shift+/` for ¿, and `Option+1` for ¡

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/keyboard-mac-os-x-and-spanish-accents/6712/3 "2021-01-21T09:11:19Z")

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Some more info: [Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/editing?id=inputting-foreign-characters-and-accents)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/keyboard-mac-os-x-and-spanish-accents/6712/4 "2023-05-01T05:16:57Z")

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