Windows has many options, tools and formulas that we can use when carrying out any type of project. The symbols and signs of question, are important to be able to complete tasks and documents correctly.
Procedures to be able place such symbols within a documentThey are simple and easy to learn. As parentheses, semicolon, exclamation marks, brackets, among others that are important when writing any text.
These are based on a series of combinations that mostly depend on the operating system we are using and also if our PC is a laptop or a desktop PC.. In both cases, procedures may vary, but only slightly.
If the sign you want learn to use is the question mark, you just have to follow the following steps:
How to put a question mark on the PC keyboard
- To start place the question mark, first you must locate the key where said symbol is located.
- When you get it you just have to press said key and you will automatically see that the ‘¿’ will appear openly.
- Then, if you want to place the same symbol but this time closed, simply you must continuously press ‘SHIF’ what's more, the question mark key. In this way the poster can be inserted into the document, but this time closed.
Use the ASCII code to put the question mark
The above method is quite common. If for some reason this has not worked for you, maybe it's time to use the same method, but based on ASCII Code, what it is a universal method. This method is done as follows:
- If you are going to start with the question symbol open, should start by pressing the ‘ALT key’ and hold it down until done.
- While pressing that key, proceed to type the following combination on the numeric keypad: ‘168’ and then proceed to release the 'Alt' key.
- To later place this symbol closed, you must perform the same procedure, only that with the only difference of pressing the combination ’63’ instead of the above mentioned.
Steps to activate the numeric keypad to put a question mark on the laptop
Laptops are generally a bit trickier when it comes to symbols, because these does not have all the comforts of a PC computer. To place this poster, we must carry out the following steps.
- To start you must press the key “FN + Block Num” with this you will be activating the numeric keyboard.
- Once you have pressed these keys, press the key “ALT” and how the numeric keyboard will be activated, you just have to enter the number “168” for the open question mark to appear “¿”.
- And if you already want to close said symbol, you just have to follow the same steps, with the difference of write the number at the end “63”.
How to make a question mark with Windows merge
On computers using the Windows operating system ya sea Windows 8, Windows 7, XP among others. Placing the question mark is very simple, so you just have to follow the following steps;
For the case of the initial question mark.
- Press the key “ALT” on its respective keyboard and don't drop it.
- Pressing the aforementioned key, should press 168 keys on the numeric keypad and this action will give us the opening question mark “¿”.
In the event that it is necessary to place the question mark closed you have to perform the following steps:
- The key must be pressed “ALT”.
- Without releasing the key “ALT” press the keys 63 on the numeric keypad.
These steps mentioned above are applicable in case your computer is a table or desk and in case your computer is a laptop, the first thing to do is:
- Activate the numeric keypad pressing the FN key + NumLock corresponds to the keys 7,8,9, U, I, O, J, K, L.
- Once the FN command has been activated + NumLocK, press the key “ALT” on the keyboard with the numeric keypad activated, Must be entered “168” for the opening symbol “¿”.
- For the closed symbol “?”, Follow the same steps as for opening, but change the keys 168 a 63.
Type the question mark on Mac
If your computer has Mac software the way to place the question marks is as follows:
If your keyboard is in Spanish, the first thing to press is the button “SHIFT” and later you must press the question mark you want, located at the top of the keyboard.
If the keyboard is in English, placing the question mark is the same procedure as with the Spanish keyboard. But you have to observe the position of the signs, since in some cases it usually changes with this language. As for the rest of the steps, press “SHIFT” and then the question mark.
The combination of the keys is very simple, to open the question mark, sand you must put “SHIFT” plus the key where the symbol is located “¿” and to place the question mark closed, must place “SHIFT” and later “?” symbol.
Make the question mark in Linux
This free operating system presents some differences to introduce this symbol with respect to previous operating systems.
To place the open question mark Hold down “CTRL + SHIFT + u”, at the same time you must press “bf” following these steps the sign will appear “¿”.
In the case of the closed question mark, must press “CTRL + SHIFT + u” while holding them down, press the keys “3f”.
About the symbol
This is a sign, which is mainly used to indicate that said phrase or sentence, said argument, It is in the sense of a question or question.
In many countries, only the closing sign "?”. Maybe for fashion or to save space, it is also a valid way to use it.
However, in Spanish-speaking countries, its use applies to both symbols, to emphasize that this is a sentence in which all are questioned, which is mainly used for surveys.
This symbol has been used in many ways, for example, since in earlier times, only used if the sentence was long enough. Over time, this rule changed and its use was extended to those slightly shorter sentences.
Its function has always been the same, What is it Indicate that there is a question within the sentence.
