On May 25, 2012, at 1:58 PM, [email protected] wrote:
What are the symbols for Option, Control, shift, etc....?
The symbols are Option=⌥ (unicode 2325), Control=⌃ (unicode 2303), Shift=⇧ (unicode 21E7), etc.=&c (ampersand c), and ...=… (horizontal ellipsis).
I see shortcuts all the time. but I don't know what those symbols mean (other than Command).
On a Mac go to System Preferences>International>Input Menu tab and check the boxes for "Character Palette" and "Keyboard Viewer". There will appear a small American flag in your menu bar (or other flag if you use an alternate language on your Mac) from which you can "Show" either the Character Palette or Keyboard Viewer. Most of these symbols are in the Character Palette under "Technical Symbols" and you highlight the one you want and then hit the "insert" button in lower right to insert them at the cursor position.
Also, what keys do you press to type them?
A few are within the keyboard itself, such as the ellipsis, and these can be found using the Keyboard Viewer by pressing the appropriate Shift, Option, and/or Command keys to show the various options available. An orange highlighted key means the selection of that character does not move the cursor which is used for accent symbols so that appropriate vowels can be placed under the particular accent symbol such as: é or ö.
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