On May 25, 2012, at 11:58 AM, [email protected] wrote: > What are the symbols for Option, Control, shift, etc....? > > I see shortcuts all the time. but I don't know what those symbols mean (other > than Command). > > Also, what keys do you press to type them?
It's a PITA to get to it, but, in Mail, for example, you can press ⌘-t to bring up the Fonts dialog, then click on the gear icon and select Characters. Then select View 'All Characters' and go to Technical Symbols. Then you can go through them, where they're names, and the fonts containing those symbols are listed below and way down in the corner is a little 'insert' button to insert the character into your message. <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/all_characters.png> I'm sure there's a lot easier way to do this but it's eluding me now. Here is a reference showing all the easily typeable characters. <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/Mac_Character_Mapping.pdf> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
