keyboard access to some special characters

[Charles Dyer]

On 22 Apr 2007, at 06:44:38, David Herren wrote:

> This is perhaps not a purely OSX administrative question, though it =20=

> has to do with "student" administration on a Mac...
>
> I need to be able to type the radical characer regularly : =C3
>
> Lots of fonts have this character, but I can't for the life of me =20
> find a way to type it without opening the character palette.
>
> I need to use the  radical sign (=C3) as a checkmark (note there is a =20=

> "real" checkmark character in a number of typefaces, but I can't =20
> use that for cross platform reasons. I can't even rely on copy and =20
> paste because the software in question (Jackson Software's =20
> GradeQuick 11) doesn't support copy and paste of data in the =20
> student gradebooks (unbelievable, I know). I have to be able to =20
> type the character (or, as I have been doing, use the Character =20
> palette).
>
> Anyone know of any secret keyboard gymastics that will allow me to =20
> type the radical: =C3
>

I just tried three fonts at random (Lucida, Times New Roman, and =20
Tekton) and in all three the radical (=C3) was option-v.