Using the Approximately Equal Alt Code for Windows. The Approximately Equal to symbol alt code. In an app on your Mac, choose Edit Emoji & Symbols, or press Control-Command-Space to open the Character Viewer. If you previously used the Character Viewer, or set the option in Keyboard preferences to show it in the Input menu, you can also open it from that menu. To open Keyboard preferences, choose Apple menu System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Keyboard. Those are all symbols that you may find yourself needing to type again and again, and yet they are hidden from view on your Mac keyboard. Don't worry though, we'll let you know what you need to do.
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- Letters with Accents – (e.g. ó, ò, ñ)
- Other Foreign Characters – (e.g. ç, ¿, ß)
- Currency Symbols – (e.g. ¢, £, ¥)
- Math Symbols – (e.g. ±, °, ÷)
- Other Punctuation – (e.g. &, ©, §)
- Extra Accents:Extended Keyboard for OS X – (e.g. Ā, ý, č) New Page
Letters with Accents
This list is organized by Accent type. For the Template, the symbol 'V' means any vowel. The format is to hold the first two keys down simultaneously, release, then type the letter you wish to be accented.
| ACCENT | SAMPLE | TEMPLATE |
|---|---|---|
| Acute | ó Ó | Option+E, V |
| Circumflex | ô Ô | Option+I, V |
| Grave | ò Ò | Option+`, V |
| Tilde | õ Õ | Option+N, V Only works with 'n,N,o,O,a,A' |
| Umlaut | ö Ö | Option+U, V |
Examples
Example 1: To input the letter ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type lowercase o.
Example 2: To input the letter Ó, hold down the Option key, then the E key. Release both keys then type capital O.
Other Foreign Characters
To insert these characters, press the Option key (bottom of keyboard) then other 'code' key to make the symbol appear.
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE |
|---|---|---|
| ¡ | Upside-down exclamation mark | Option+1 |
| ¿ | Upside-down question mark | Shift+Option+? |
| Ç,ç | French C cedille (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+C |
| Œ,œ | OE ligature (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+Q |
| ß | German Sharp/Double S | Option+S |
| º, ª | Masculine Ordinal Number (Span/Ital/Portuguese) Feminine Ordinal Number | Option+0 |
| Ø,ø | Nordic O slash (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+O |
| Å,å | Nordic A ring (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+A |
| Æ,æ | AE ligature (caps/lowecase) | Shift+Option+’ (apostrophe key) |
| « » | Spanish/French quotation marks | Option+ |
Examples
Example 1: To input French ç (Option+C), hold down the Option, then the C key. The ç will appear.
Example 2: To input French Ç (Shift+Option+C), hold down the Shift key, then the Option key,then the C key. The ç will appear.
Currency Symbols
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE |
|---|---|---|
| ¢ | Cent sign | Option+4 |
| £ | British Pound | Option+3 |
| ¥ | Japanese Yen | Option+Y |
| € | Euro Sign. | Shift+Option+2 May not be in older fonts. |
| ƒ | Dutch Florin | Option+F |
Math Symbols
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE |
|---|---|---|
| ÷ | Division sign | Option+/ |
| ± | Plus/minus sign | Shift+Option+= |
| ° | The degree symbol | Shift+Option+8 |
| ¬ | 'not' symbol | Option+L |
| ≥ | Greater than or equal to | Option+> |
| ≤ | Lesser than or equal to | Option+< |
| √ | square root radical sign | Option+V |
| π | Pi symbol | Option+P |
| ∞ | Infinity symbol | Option+5 |
| ≈ | Approximately | Option+X |
| Δ | Delta/Difference | Option+J |
| Σ | Sum Sign | Option+W |
| ∏ | Product Pi Symbol | Shift+Option+P |
| Ω | Ohm sign | Option+Z |
| µ | Micro | Option+M |
| ∂ | Partial Derivative | Option+D |
| ∫ | Integral Sign | Option+B |
| ‰ | Per Mil (1/1000) Sign | Shift+Option+R |
Other Punctuation
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE |
|---|---|---|
| © | Copyright symbol | Option+G |
| ® | Registered | Option+R |
| ™ | Trademark | Option+2 |
| ¶ | Paragraph Symbol | Option+7 |
| • | Dot | Option+8 |
| § | Section Symbol | Option+6 |
| – | en-dash. Option, then minus sign | Option+- |
| — | em-dash | Shift+Option+- |
| † | Dagger | Option+T |
Other Symbols
All Computer Symbols
If the symbol you need is not on this page, try these options.
Symbols For Mac
Welcome to Apple Discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
You're correct in assuming this may not be exactly the right place to post this question, but I sympathise with the difficulty you experienced in finding a 'right place.'
There are some IPA fonts available on the web for download, but many, if not all of the IPA symbols (eg. dʒ and ŋ ) can be found in the Unicode encoded fonts on your Mac.*
Most may not be available directly from the keyboard. To locate those that are, got to Syatem Preferences > International > Input menu and show the Keyboard Viewer. While you're there. check the box beside Character Palette to add it to the selection. And if you do not have US Extended selected as one of your keyboard choices, check the box beside this keyboard layout as well.* The Close the International pane to exit System Preferences.
If it's not already in the menu bar, these actions will add the Input menu toward the right end of your menu bar. It will appear as a small flag corresponding to your currently selected keyboard.
Keyboard viewer will show you the characters available directly from the keyboard, using the letter, symbol and number keys and using these keys and one or more of the modifier keys (shift, option, commant and ctrl).
Character Palette will show all of the characters available in the selected palette. You can drag and drop these characters from the palette into a word processor document.* Ŋ is character #406, ŋ is #407.
Regards,
Barry
*AppleWorks users note: AppleWorks cannot recognize or use characters using Unicode encoding, and characters ooutside the standard Roman set cannot be dragged into an AppleWorks document. Attempting to enter text using a Unicode keyboard layout will cause AppleWorks to immediately crash. You can have a Unicode layout listed in your input menu, and can use it with other applications, but you must use a Roman encoded KB layout with AppleWorks.
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