Hello, On as somewhat related note, is there an easy way to insert the Spanish Ñ in a document? I tried pressing option in but it didn't work. I would like to avoid having to add the Spanish keyboard layout for just one isolated incident.
Thanks for your help, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On 2012-12-09, at 1:11 PM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
