Ever wonder where those pesky specials characters that aren’t written on your keyboard (e.g.: , ¢, ©, ®, ™) are when you’re writing? They’re all listed in Character Palette — part of OS X.
Easy access can be found either as a part of your other Apple Apps (such as Mail, TextEdit, Stickies, etc.) or in the International panel of System Preferences. (System Preferences > International > Input Menu)
If you find that you use these symbols a fair amount and would like to see them quickly, check the Character Palette checkbox and “Show input menu in menu bar.” The latter will display a little flag icon in the top right-hand corner of your menu bar (how patriotic!).
Another tip for finding some symbols that you use more than others is to remember the keyboard shortcuts. Here’s a cheat sheet for my most popular ones:
- Accent Acute (é): Option/E
- Bullet (•): Option/8
- Cent (¢): Option/4
- Copyright (©): Option/G
- Degree (°): Shift/Option/8
- Registered (®): Option/R
- Trade Mark (™): Option/2
And, for Mac users, one we’ve mentioned before and use a lot of:
- Apple symbol (): Shift/Option/K
Note that fonts may handle characters differently!
~ Kali Hilke
Source : Small Dog Electronics
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