Typing "Hidden" Characters
17.January.2008 16:29 Filed in: Tech Tips
Did you ever
wonder how to type with appropriate punctuation in
Spanish, such as accent marks and punctuation that
doesn't exist in English? If so, you need the secrets
afforded by the option key in Apple's OS X operating
system. (The same tricks can be done in Windows, but
there are different ways to do them.)
The option key can be found along the same row as the spacebar. On a full size desktop keyboard, there are two of them, one on each side of the spacebar. (The command key is between the keyboard and the option key on each side.) On an Apple laptop keyboard, it can be found just two keys to the left of the spacebar. A picture of the keyboard can be seen below, and it shows you what all of the keys will produce when holding down the option key.
The option key can be found along the same row as the spacebar. On a full size desktop keyboard, there are two of them, one on each side of the spacebar. (The command key is between the keyboard and the option key on each side.) On an Apple laptop keyboard, it can be found just two keys to the left of the spacebar. A picture of the keyboard can be seen below, and it shows you what all of the keys will produce when holding down the option key.
While I know that this
has been passed around by our iTech teachers for some
time, it was recently re-distributed at Cooper Middle
School. Below, you can see the handy list of keys and
what each key produces when used in conjunction with
the option key. You can also print the PDF version
here.
So, use the option key,
and type what you want to type!
