capsinc wrote:
i am trying to write a letter in spanish and i need to find out how
to put accents on words or a tilde over the n or use other spanish
language symbols.

To type ñ you press Ctrl+Shift +~ and then type the n. There are similar
shortcuts for accented characters and the ¿ character. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm, in the part headed
"International characters", for the whole list.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org