MyLab Spanish vs. Canvas

In MyLab Spanish you can insert accented characters (e.chiliad. é and ñ) by clicking on a bill of fare. Pearson created a video, thoroughly explaining how to insert characters. Alternatively, you can also type the accented characters.

But in Canvass, especially when taking exams, y'all must blazon the absolute characters using your computer's keyboard.

Typing Accented Characters in Canvas

Both PC and Mac users tin can produce accented characters past typing codes on their keyboard, but each system does it differently. We'll comprehend the PC beginning, instructions for a Mac are included further down the page.

PC (Windows)

To blazon accented characters with your Windows computer:

  1. Press the Num Lock cardinal to activate the numeric keypad. Make sure the Num Lock is on.
  2. For each accented grapheme:
    1. Concord down the Alt key
    2. Type in the graphic symbol's numeric lawmaking using the number pad (codes provided at the bottom of the page)
    3. Release the Alt key

Note: Exercise not use the number keys on the top row of the principal keyboard area, the accented characters will not appear. For this method to piece of work, yous must take a full keyboard with a split, dedicated number pad. These are not bachelor on laptops, just an external, full-sized keyboard tin can exist plugged into a laptop and used for this purpose.

If you have a laptop and do not have admission to a keyboard with a dedicated number pad, this tutorial outlines other tools y'all tin apply in Windows to type special characters.

Mac/Apple

To type accented characters with your Apple estimator:

  1. Simply press and hold the key you desire to be accented
  2. An pick bill of fare will appear. For example, the menu shown below appears when belongings the "a" key
    options presented when holding the A key on a Mac
  3. Blazon the number that corresponds to the graphic symbol you desire. Using the instance above, pressing the number 2 volition give you lot this character: á

Occasionally, Mac users accept reported this method non working. If you are having this issue, you can enter characters using the Option key:

  1. Printing the Option key and the letter e at the aforementioned time.
  2. Press the vowel key you want to add together an acute accent to (´)
  3. For case, pressing Option + e, and and then pressing a volition requite y'all: á
  4. The "Mac Options Codes" list below provides the other emphasis code variations when using the Choice cardinal

Annotation: This method does non work in Honorlock, y'all will need to use the Press and Hold Method when taking an examination.

Codes

Windows Emphasis Codes

Uppercase
Á ALT+0193
É ALT+0201
Í ALT+0205
Ñ ALT+0209
Ó ALT+0211
Ú ALT+0218
Ü ALT+0220
Lowercase
á ALT+0225
é ALT+0233
í ALT+0237
ñ ALT+0241
ó ALT+0243
ú ALT+0250
ü ALT+0252
Punctuation
¿ ALT+0191
¡ ALT+0161
« ALT+0171
» ALT+0187

Macintosh Accent Codes

Capital
Á OPT+e, A
É OPT+e, E
Í OPT+e, I
Ñ OPT+northward, N
Ó OPT+eastward, O
Ú OPT+e, U
Ü OPT+u, U
Lowercase
á OPT+east,a
é OPT+e, e
í OPT+e, i
ñ OPT+north, n
ó OPT+e, o
ú OPT+e, u
ü OPT+u, u
Punctuation
¿ SHIFT+OPT+?
¡ OPT+1
« OPT+\
» SHIFT+OPT+\

For more information, meet the Spanish Symbol Codes folio at Penn State Symbol Codes.