keyboard access to some special characters

David Herren david at idiomatrix.com
Tue Apr 24 21:38:20 PDT 2007


Wow, strange. I typed =C3 (the radical sign) but what shows up in your =20=

email is =CC (capital A with tilde) Bizarre. I wonder what you'll get =20=

in this message where I've inserted both characters.

On Apr 25, 2007, at 5:15 AM, Rick Davis wrote:

> Alt + n will give you the ~ then Shift A will insert capital A =20
> under it to give you this =CC
>
> Without the shift you will of course get =8B
>
> You can find this and other special character keys in the Keyboard =20
> Viewer.  Go to the International Preference Pane and under Input =20
> Menu check the "On" box and the Keyboard Viewer will appear in your =20=

> Keyboard Menu bar. You can then show and hide the Keyboard Viewer =20
> as needed.  Press the modifier keys (Alt, Control and Apple) to see =20=

> how each one affects the keyboard.


/david

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