Esther, Thanks so much for these links. Are there any special commands I should know to move through the mail archive site? I think there has been discussion about that before actually. I am going to go there now to play around and se what I can find out.
Thanks, harry On oct 17, 2012, at 6:03 p.m., Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Harry, > > The keyboard shortcut for the ellipsis character varies according to > your input language keyboard. For Spanish and German, the combination > is Option+period. For US, UK, and French input keyboards, the > combination is Option+semi-colon. For the Canadian French input > keyboard, it is Option+Shift+L. If you use the Mail Archive web site > for the macvisionaries list and type in "ellipsis" as a search term, > you'll find previous discussion posts about generating this > character. (Specifically, there was an instance when Jürgen Fleger > was trying to generate a keyboard shortcut for to normalize in Amadeus > Pro, and he found that he had to add and extra space between the > command and the ellipsis character to have his shortcut work. That > sounds like it might have been a bug, but the discussion thread also > covered the fact that in German the shortcut for ellipsis is Option > +period.) > > If you want lists of other special character combinations you can find > them in the archives with a Mail Archive search. For example, this > post has links at the end to posts listing special character > combinations (for US and UK keyboards) and also some of the various > posts on typing accented characters from an English language input > keyboard. > • Re: Keyboard shortcuts > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg61392.html > > I think that the most up to date linked lists of special symbols are > on the mac-access list, but you can find bits of these quoted in > archived posts on the macvisionaries list. It's also actually easier > to use the keyboard viewer in recent versions of Mac OS X to check > option key combinations, although I usually work out the key > combinations in TextEdit. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Oct 17, 12:02 pm, Harry Hogue <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Alex, I wanted to make sure, is it option semicolon to make the ellipsis? >> I use a Spanish layout for my keyboard and it is option period, so maybe it >> is different depending on the layout. I just wanted to point this out in >> case other's had a similar issue. The reason I brought it up is because I >> tried it and it didn't work, so I had to play around until I could find the >> right key combination. >> >> also, VO+shift+C works very well to get you the precise text, and that way >> you don't have to worry about accidentally inserting a space where it isn't >> needed, etc. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Harry >> >> El oct 17, 2012, a las 11:41 a.m., Alex Hall <[email protected]> escribió: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi, >>> I just tried making a shortcut to save attachments and it worked. First, >>> though, thank you for your question, as I never knew this functionality >>> existed and I'll be making plenty more of these shortcuts. >> >>> Now, here's what I think your problem is: you need to match the text of the >>> option character for character. For instance, I always thought it was 'save >>> attachment", but it is actually "attachments". You also need the ellipsis >>> character; using three periods won't do. Copy and paste the below line into >>> the field for the menu item name: >>> Save Attachments… >>> I made the ellipsis with option-semicolon, by the way, another trick I >>> learned playing around with this. As a final tip, try moving to the menu >>> item, then using vo-shift-c to copy the last thing spoken to the clipboard >>> and pasting that into the item name field. I didn't do it this way, but it >>> seems like that would be the most fool-proof way of getting the exact text. >>> Good luck. >> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
