Typing Spanish characters with English keyboard

I have both British and Spanish language inputs on International from System Preferences so I can switch between them.
This constrains me to use the character palette.
Does anyone know the keystrokes for accented vowels in Spanish, using English keyboard?
...as in á, é, í, ó, ú and ü
Thanks in advance
Dee
iMac G5, 2.1 GHz, iSight Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Yes, this feature does exist still in Mac OS X.
To activate this feature, do the following:
1. Open System Preferences.
2. Choose the International Preference Pane.
3. Click the Inputs tab.
4. Check the Character Palette.
5. You will notice a flag appear in your status bar next to your battery Life.
6. Click the flag, and select Show Character Palette.
7. From there you can choose the characters you want.
If you have any questions or don't understand something, feel free to post!
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Hi all,
I have both British and Spanish language inputs from System Preferences so I can switch between them.
This constrains me to use the character palette. when typing Spanish.
Does anyone know the keystrokes for accented vowels in Spanish, using English keyboard?
The characters are: á, é, í, ó, ú, ü and ñ
Thanks in advance
Dee
iMac G5, 2.1 GHz, iSight Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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