Thank you. I'll give this a whirl. Christine On Dec 9, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I find it easier just to figure them out myself. They're fairly logical > actually and you can determine them in TextEdit or in any text area within > any app. The Option key is your modifier for this. In the text area, simply > hold down the Option key then press a key to determine it's special > character. Here's some common ones for you: > > Option-Less than gives Less than or equal to > Option Greater than gives Greater than or equal to > Option v gives Square Root > Option Zero gives Degrees sign. > Option p gives pi (π) > Option equals gives Not equals > Option 4 gives the cent sign. 4 is used for the $ sign so your logical > determination is that the ¢ is also attached. > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-12-09, at 10:20 AM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have tried everything which appears patently obvious to find a list of >> math symbols: I have gone into Text Edit's edit menu, (every edit menu on >> the Mac I could find, in fact) and tried to select "special characters" but >> nothing happens. Interacting with any tool bars does not help. >> I located information at discuss.apple.com which directed me to the systems >> preferences, to language and text, to input source, to keyboard and >> character viewer, which I checked. I am told to go to "show" in my menu bar, >> but such does not appear to exist. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any >> help. >> Christine >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
