what it misses are special characters. Well, it’s not just the Mac keyboard but all keyboards in general. Some have the Dollar sign, some the Euro key, based on its location. But what if you wish to type a square root sign as a character in your text?
This is probably the easiest way to make the special characters on a Mac appear. Quite simply, when you need to insert a special character above a particular letter, hold that letter down on the keyboard, and a menu will immediately pop up with the different possible special character combina...
This short tutorial will be focused on how to get special characters on Mac using the regular QWERTY keyboard. How to Type Certain Special Characters on Mac Æ This character has grown in popularity recently thanks to Elon Musk and Grimes. If you’re not aware of it yet, they named ...
Here’s the situation: you’re typing a report for work, and you suddenly have to write the phrase “Jones née Berkowitz.” Or you are adding a phrase in Spanish and need to use the word “años.” How do you add the special characters to the letters? Special characters (also known...
Accents, also known as diacritical marks, are small glyphs added to letters to change their sound-values. The trouble is that there is so many accents and special symbols that it’s impossible to fit them all on the computer keyboard. While you can input most non-ASCII characters (characters...
Let’s learn how to use Emoji on a Mac in a few simple steps. How to enable and access emoji characters on a Mac Here’s a detailed guide to enabling emoji characters on a Mac so that you can quickly access Emoji characters from anywhere and use them to type in any input field, su...
If you need to add special characters regularly, then you might be better off using a plugin instead of checking the HTML entity reference chart each time. First, you need to install and activate theInsert Special Charactersplugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide onhow to insta...
Anybody that uses applications such as Pages will probably be familiar with the Special Characters item in the Edit menu (covered later in this tutorial), but first we describe some easy to remember keyboard shortcuts that could save you considerable time. ...
Some other special characters, such as cedilla (ç) and ß can be typed with Option + C and Option + S respectively. As long as you remember these Option variations, you can be typing accented characters with no delay at all. How to type accents with Character Viewer The last way...
This depends on the context and vendor. For example, sometimes, when you create an online password, you’ll see a hint or tooltip that references non-numeric keys like @, #, $, %, &, *, and +. These are easy to enter as they are on your keyboard. These are “special characters”...