á: Alt + 160 é: Alt + 130 í: Alt + 161 ó: Alt + 162 ú: Alt + 163 Á: Alt + 0100 É: Alt + 0201 Í: Alt + 0205 Ó: Alt + 0211 Ú: Alt + 0218

After so many days i hope you could solved your problem, but if not go to Control Panel and next to Regional And languages icons then click on the sheet Language Bar and active Docked in the taskbar, so then you can change the language everytime you need. The icon will appear next to the tasks icons down right of your screen. Hope this could help you.

On Linux: if you have SCIM installed (maybe to type 汉字,) it breaks the compose function in X (or maybe it was provided by gnome on my system.) The fix is to enable the t-latn-post (Latin script input method using post modifiers) IM in SCIM. Press Alt-space and then Ctrl-shift until you see t-latn-post on the SCIM popup. Then click on the ? to see a list of modifiers such as a_ to get ª or e' to get é. If you are not using SCIM, there is a man page 'Compose' that may or may not be helpful.

On a pc, use the text services and input languages menu to define input language.

If you have a macintosh, go to system preferences, then international, and then change your language to Spanish. From there, you can use shift and the "{" key next to P and then type the letter. If you have a PC, I am not positive, but you probably need do something similar in the control panel or system settings/