Do an Upside Down Question Mark

¿Need to type a question in Spanish? Creating an upside down question mark, also known as an inverted question, isn't hard to do whether you have a Mac or a PC. Read this article to discover helpful keyboard tricks to generate an upside down question mark.

Steps

Typing an Inverted Question on a PC

  1. Click where you want your upside down question mark to appear. Before creating your inverted question mark, make sure to click into the right spot on your screen. For example: if you're working on a question in Spanish, position your cursor at the beginning of the sentence and click.
  2. Locate the Alt key on your keyboard. Look to the lower right and left side corners of your keyboard, right next to the space bar. You'll see two buttons labeled as Alt. You'll only need to use one of the two Alt keys, depending on your personal preference. If you're predominantly right handed, for example, you might want to use the left Alt key[1].
  3. Press the Alt key, and hold it down. Then, with your other hand, type 0191 on the numerical part of your keyboard. If this code doesn't work, try typing the numbers 168 while still holding down the Alt key[1].
  4. Release the Alt key. Your inverted symbol will appear on your screen in the position of your cursor.

Using the Character Map on a PC

  1. Click where you want your upside down question mark to appear. Before creating your inverted question mark, make sure to click into the right spot on your screen. For example: if you're working on a question in Spanish, position your cursor at the beginning of the sentence and click.
  2. Press the Start button on your keyboard. Look to the lower left hand side of your screen. You'll see a circular icon of a colored window. That's your Start button[2].
  3. Select Programs from the Start menu. Once you've clicked on Start, you'll be presented with a few options. Choose Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools and finally Character Map[3].
    • A window will open displaying a series of characters and symbols in a grid.
  4. Click on Character Map. Look through all of the characters and symbols until you find the inverted question mark.
  5. Select the inverted question mark. Simply click on the symbols of your choice.
  6. Press Select for your symbol to appear. Your character will now appear on your screen. Note that the upside down question mark will appear wherever you previously placed your cursor[3].
    • If you need to type the inverted question mark multiple times in one sitting, you might consider copying and pasting the symbol. It's a quicker way once you have the symbol on your page. To do so:
    • Press "Ctrl" and "V" to paste your copied character onto whatever you want or
    • Right click (will not work with some programs) and click on "Paste".

Using Shift and Option Keys on a Mac

  1. Click where you want your upside down question mark to appear. Before creating your inverted question mark, make sure to click into the right spot on your screen. For example: if you're working on a question in Spanish, position your cursor at the beginning of the sentence and click.
  2. Locate the Shift, Option, and regular question mark key on your keyboard. To find the Shift and Options key, look to the lower left hand side of your keyboard. You'll find the Shift key right next to the letter Z, and the Option key right beneath the letter Z. The regular question mark key is located on the lower right hand side of the keyboard[4].
  3. Press Shift, then Option, then the question mark key. Try to hold down these keys in this order[4].
  4. Release the keys. Once you let go of the keys, your inverted question mark will appear wherever you previously positioned your cursor.

Using Symbols on a Mac

  1. Open a Word document. In order to type an inverted question mark through the Symbol option, you have to open a Word document. Once you have your document up, move your cursor to where you want to place the upside down question mark. Then simply click into the document.
  2. Select Insert. Look to the upper left side corner of your document screen. The sixth option from the left will be Insert. Click on it and a scroll down menu will pop up[4].
  3. Select Symbol. Towards the lower half of the menu, you'll see Symbol with a small arrow right next to it. Hover your cursor over the list of options until you reach Symbol. You'll see two more options come up for Symbol: Symbol Browser and Advanced Symbol[4].
  4. Click on Symbol Browser. A new, smaller scroll down symbol menu will appear. Move your cursor over to the new window, and scroll down until you find the inverted question mark.
  5. Click the upside down question mark symbol. The symbol will appear wherever you positioned your cursor on your document.
  6. Close the Symbol window. Once you have your symbol on the page, look to the upper left hand side of the Symbol window. You'll see three small circles. Hover over them with your cursor and you'll note that they have different colors. Select the red circle (the first one from the left), and click on it.
    • The Symbol window will disappear, but your inverted question mark will stay.
    • If you want to copy the symbol onto a webpage, or search bar:
    • Click and simultaneously move your cursor over the symbol until you see that it's highlighted.
    • Then, click on it with your ring and middle finger, and choose Copy.
    • Open your webpage or browser and click into it. Then, click with your ring and middle finger and select paste. Your symbol will now appear.



Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.drlemon.com/accents.html
  2. ↑ http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-insert-special-characters-with-windows-7-ch.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/charmap.html
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/codemac.html
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