On May 25, 12:39 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 25, 2012, at 1:58 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > What are the symbols for Option, Control, shift, etc....?
> 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. Kris, I never knew that Character Palette and keyboard Viewer even existed! Good stuff to know! Jane -- 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
