keyboard access to some special characters

[Rick Davis]

On Apr 24, 2007, at 2:58 PM, David wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:44:38 +0200
> From: David Herren <david at idiomatrix.com>
> Subject: keyboard access to some special characters
> To: xadmin <macosx-admin at omnigroup.com>
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> This is perhaps not a purely OSX administrative question, though it
> has to do with "student" administration on a Mac...
>
> I need to be able to type the radical characer regularly : Ã
>
> Lots of fonts have this character, but I can't for the life of me
> find a way to type it without opening the character palette.
>
> I need to use the  radical sign (Ã) as a checkmark (note there is a
> "real" checkmark character in a number of typefaces, but I can't use
> that for cross platform reasons. I can't even rely on copy and paste
> because the software in question (Jackson Software's GradeQuick 11)
> doesn't support copy and paste of data in the student gradebooks
> (unbelievable, I know). I have to be able to type the character (or,
> as I have been doing, use the Character palette).
>
> Anyone know of any secret keyboard gymastics that will allow me to
> type the radical: Ã

Hi David,

Alt + n will give you the ~ then Shift A will insert capital A under  
it to give you this Ã

Without the shift you will of course get ã

You can find this and other special character keys in the Keyboard  
Viewer.  Go to the International Preference Pane and under Input Menu  
check the "On" box and the Keyboard Viewer will appear in your  
Keyboard Menu bar. You can then show and hide the Keyboard Viewer as  
needed.  Press the modifier keys (Alt, Control and Apple) to see how  
each one affects the keyboard.

Hope this helps.

Rick Davis, ACHDS
thePRIMAXgroup
Cincinnati, OH
(513)910-9490
http://www.applehelp.org