Mac Special Characters

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Fonts often contain many characters that don't appear on the Macintosh keyboard. These characters include accented characters, math symbols, and special punctuation symbols. One way to access these characters is through special key-stroke commands. Use the following methods to insert special characters in standard desktop applications (e.g. Word, Eudora...).

* Not all fonts contain all special characters. Additional characters can be found in the "Symbol" font which consists entirely of special characters. The Euro currency symbol "€" is supported by Mac OS 8.5 and later only.

Special Characters - Accents
Accent	Key Strokes	Available Characters
` Grave	[option] ` + [character]	À È Ì Ò Ù à è ì ò ù
´ Acute	[option] e + [character]	Á É Í Ó Ú á é í ó ú
^ Circumflex	[option] i + [character]	Â Ê Î Ô Û â ê î ô û
~ Tilde	[option] n + [character]	Ã Ñ Õ ã ñ õ
¨ Umlaut	[option] u + [character]	Ä Ë Ï Ö Ü Ÿ ä ë ï ö ü ÿ

Special Characters
Keystroke	+[option]	+[option] [shift]
A	å	Å
B	†	¹
C	ç	Ç
D		Î
E		´
F	ƒ	Ï
G	©	›
H	™	Ó
I		ˆ
J		Ô
K	š	•
L	¬	Ò
M	µ	Â
N
O	ø	Ø
P	¼	½
Q	œ	Œ
R	®	‰
S	ß	Í
T	Ý
U		¨
V	ˆ	×
W	…	„
X	‰	œ
Y	¥	Á
V	‡	¸

Special Characters
Keystroke	+[option]	+[option] [shift]
0	º	‚
1	¡	Ž
2	™	€
3	£	Ð
4	¢	ð
5	ƒ	Þ
6	§	þ
7	¶	ý
8	•	°
9	ª	·
-	— (em dash)	– (en dash)
=	‚	±
[	"	"
]	‘	’
\	´	ª
‘	æ	Æ
,	¾	¯
.	„	˜
;	…	Ú
`		`
/	÷	¿