Nah man, the shortcuts that your computer gives you are too complicated. check this out it's what I use for french and spanish--this site gives shortcuts for windows and macs http://www.spanishnewyork.com/spanish-characters.html It'll save your life!

You can use the ASCII code, check it in internet it can help you how do it. It can help you because you don't need to buy a special keyboard.

If you go to the Control Panel in Windows, -> Regional and Language Options->Keyboards and Languages->Change Keyboards, then you will see a list of languages and keyboard styles. You can double-click on a particular one to see a preview of the keys. There are a few options you can choose from as to how you want to switch from the standard English keyboard to the other keyboard.