From: Douglas Davidson (ddavidso@apple.com)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2008 - 10:21:13 CST
On Mar 27, 2008, at 5:16 AM, Tom wrote:
> If, on the other hand, you are using a Mac then there are two
> different ways to go about it:
>
> 1. Select the "Special Characters..." item from the Edit menu (or
> hold down Command-Option-T); this will bring up the Character
> Palette from which you can locate the character (it's held in the
> "Latin" glyph block). Getting it in your document is as simple as
> double-clicking on the character from the table.
>
> 2. From the input menu (this will be the menu with a flag in the top
> right-hand corner of the menu bar) select the Unicode Hex Input
> item. If it isn't available, you'll need to select "Open
> International...", and scroll down until you find "Unicode Hex Input".
>
> Once Unicode Hex Input is the active input method, simply hold down
> the Option key and type the character's code.
>
There are other ways to do it on a Mac, too. For example, the "U.S.
Extended" keyboard has, among other things, a macron dead key
combination (option-a). If you select this keyboard, you can type
option-a followed by the base letter, so option-a e would get you e
with a macron. Possibly other keyboards might have it (use "Show
Keyboard Viewer" to see what a keyboard offers), or if you have
frequent need of certain characters you can create a custom keyboard
with whatever characters you want.
Douglas Davidson
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