Hi Iona, You have to press the N twice, e.g. Option-n, followed by another N. Best, Donna On Dec 10, 2012, at 12:34 AM, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > On as somewhat related note, is there an easy way to insert the Spanish Ñ in > a document? I tried pressing option in but it didn't work. I would like to > avoid having to add the Spanish keyboard layout for just one isolated > incident. > > Thanks for your help, > > Ioana > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2012-12-09, at 1:11 PM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you. I'll give this a whirl. >> Christine >> On Dec 9, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I find it easier just to figure them out myself. They're fairly logical >>> actually and you can determine them in TextEdit or in any text area within >>> any app. The Option key is your modifier for this. In the text area, >>> simply hold down the Option key then press a key to determine it's special >>> character. Here's some common ones for you: >>> >>> Option-Less than gives Less than or equal to >>> Option Greater than gives Greater than or equal to >>> Option v gives Square Root >>> Option Zero gives Degrees sign. >>> Option p gives pi (π) >>> Option equals gives Not equals >>> Option 4 gives the cent sign. 4 is used for the $ sign so your logical >>> determination is that the ¢ is also attached. >>> >>> HTH. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2012-12-09, at 10:20 AM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I have tried everything which appears patently obvious to find a list of >>>> math symbols: I have gone into Text Edit's edit menu, (every edit menu on >>>> the Mac I could find, in fact) and tried to select "special characters" >>>> but nothing happens. Interacting with any tool bars does not help. >>>> I located information at discuss.apple.com which directed me to the >>>> systems preferences, to language and text, to input source, to keyboard >>>> and character viewer, which I checked. I am told to go to "show" in my >>>> menu bar, but such does not appear to exist. What am I doing wrong? Thanks >>>> for any help. >>>> Christine >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
