For making accents/punctuation in Spanish on the computer, follow the simple key strokes!

Accents (on a PC unit—Macs are different): 

•  to make an accent over a vowel (á é í ó ú), press control and the apostrophe key (‘) together, let go, then type the vowel
• to make a tilde over an n (ñ), press and hold control and shift and ~ keys, let go, then type “n”
•  to make ¿: press and hold control and shift and alt and ? keys all at once
• to make ¡: press and hold control and shift and alt and ! keys all at once