You can easily insert all manner of special characters or letters on a mac using simple shortcuts regardless of what application you are using. The facility is built into macOS. Many Greek letters are the same as the ones we use in the Roman alpha. Why do I get “double greater/less thans” instead of double quotes in Word? Ask Question Asked 7 years, 2 months ago. So modern Greek uses them, which explains Word's behavior. I suppose it's too much for Word for to recognize the difference. Why do I need to press C twice to copy in Mac MS Word 2011.
![]() Mac keyboard symbol shortcuts
You can input more text symbols on Macintosh computers with the use of keyboard than you see painted on your keyboard.
Diacritical (accents, umlauts)
To type accent characters, like ñ Á á in Spanish language, experiment with [Option] key. Note, that [A] + [B] stands for holding both keys pressed down at the same time. Just Like you hold [Shift] and [A] to make UPCASE 'A' letter.
Several other diacritical letters are listed below in signs and symbols section because they're typed similarily to those.
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You can use standard built-in applet called 'Keyboard viewer' to make things easier. It displays an on-screen keyboard layout which changes when you press modifier keys like [Option] and [Shift]. This layout is also different for different languages you select, so Keyboard Viewer can also help you see which key stands for what characters if you switch to a different language.
To enable Keyboard Viewer
Now, depending on the language you select, a flag will be in the menu bar. Whenever you want to type a special character, click the flag and select 'Show Keyboard Viewer'. When you press Shift and Option buttons, the on-screen keyboard will show up. And the good thing is, you don't have to keep a list of shortcut codes near you.
Keyboard shortcuts for symbols
While still using your own language, you can type symbols like '√ ∑ π ™ © æ £ ¢', etc. with your keyboard. Try pressing [Option] key, or [Option] + [Shift] combination with Keyboard Viewer open to see what else you need to press to make these special characters. For example, [Option] + [v] produces √.
So, for example, Apple logo symbol can be typed on Macs by simultaneously holding [Option], [Shift] and [K] keys.
You can also check out Macintosh character set at Adobe.com for a very nice table of characters / inputs.
Apple Mac OS X Character Viewer Find out how you can access and use built-in Character Viewer app (previously called Character Palette) on Mac OS X to insert special text symbols like characters from other languages and even emojis ☺. ☀ ☃ ♡ ℃ ℬℯ ℋℰℛℰ
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