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
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