How to Use a Circumflex Accent on a Mac
Half of the Mac's character set can't be found on the keyboard. Here's how to create the circumflex-accented (') characters used in Latin-based languages. This works for âÂ, êÊ, îÎ, ôÔ and ûÛ but does not work for yY.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Fontographer (Macromedia)
- PopChar Pro (Uni Software Plus)
- Computer Fonts Software
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Press Option + i, and then press the letter you want accented.
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For upper case, press Option + i, and then press Shift + the letter you want accented.
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Tips & Warnings
All of these characters can be found in, and inserted into your document from, the Key Caps desk accessory, which can be found in the Apple menu.
Foreign language (non-Latin) fonts are available for purchase, as shareware or, in some cases, as freeware over the Internet.
Many of these accented ("high ASCII") characters are not compatible with e-mail.
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Comments
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Nov 22, 2005
Macs have something called "Key Caps." When you open it, it looks like a keyboard. You can push the option key on your actual keyboard, and it will show you what every letter you type will look like with the option key held down. -
Nov 22, 2005
Macs have something called "Key Caps." When you open it, it looks like a keyboard. You can push the option key on your actual keyboard, and it will show you what every letter you type will look like with the option key held down.
