Sunday, June 3, 2012

Computer keyboards – Macintosh typing diacritics and special characters

To insert special characters with the Mac keyboard
(Times New Roman font):
Accent Key Strokes Available Characters
Grave ` option ` + the character À È Ì Ò Ù à è ì ò ù
Acute ´ option e + the character Á É Í Ó Ú á é í ó ú
Circumflex ^ option i + the character Â Ê Î Ô Û â ê î ô û
Tilde ~ option n + the character Ã Ñ Õ ã ñ õ
Umlaut ¨ option u + the character Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ ä ë ï ö ü ÿ
Key
Stroke +Option +Option-
Shift Key
Stroke +Option +Option-
Shift
A å Å 0 º ‚
B † ¹ 1 ¡ Ž
C ç Ç 2 ™ €
D  Î 3 £ Ð
E ´ 4 ¢ ð
F ƒ Ï 5 ƒ Þ
G © › 6 § þ
H ™ Ó 7 ¶ ý
I ˆ 8 • °
J  Ô 9 ª ·
K š • - – en dash — em dash
L ¬ Ò = ‚ ±
M µ Â [ “ ”
O ø Ø ] ‘ ’
P ¼ ½ \ ´ ª
Q œ Œ ‘ æ Æ
R ® ‰ , ¾ ¯
S ß Í . „ ˜
T Ý  ; … Ú
U ¨ ` `
V ˆ × / ÷ ¿
W … „
X ‰ œ
Y ¥ Á
Z ‡ ¸
Key
Stroke +Option +Option-
Shift Key
Stroke +Option +Option-
Shift