Mac character codes

Accents and diacriticals (S = shift, O = Option, SO = both) Accent itself Accented letters: press the indicated shortcut, then the indicated letter Acute () SO + e () Option E plus: A (), a (), E (), e (), I (), i (), O (), o (), U (), u () Circumflex () SO + i () Option I plus: A (), a (), E (), e (), I (), i (), O (), o (), U (), u () Grave (`) SO + ` (`) Option ` plus: A (), a (), E (), e (), I (), i (), O (), o (), U (), u () Umlaut () SO + u () Option U plus: A (), a (), E (), e (), I (), i (), O (), o (), U (), u () Tilde () SO + n () Option N plus: A (), a (), N (), n (), O (), o () Ring () O + k () Option A (), Option a () For symbols: Hold the S = Shift key, O = Option key, or SO = both, then type the specified character. Typographical Mathematical or scientific (Sym = switch to Symbol font first) Miscellaneous Bullet () O+8 Degree () SO + 8 Sym A / a Currency Alpha ( ) Copyright () O+g Division () O+/ Sym B / b cent () O+4 Beta ( ) Dagger () O+t Equal: Sym C / c euro () SO + 2 Chi ( ) Double dagger () SO + 7 Approximately () O+x Sym D / d florin () O+f Delta ( ) Ellipsis () O+; Greater than or () O+. Sym E / e pound () O+3 Epsilon ( ) (period) Em dash () SO + Less than or () O+, Sym H / h yen () O+y Eta ( ) (comma) En dash () O+Not () O+= Sym G / g European letters Gamma ( ) Paragraph mark () O+7 Infinity () O+5 Sym I / i Cedilla () SO + C Iota ( ) Quotations: Integral () O+b Sym K / k Cedilla () O+c Kappa ( ) Single curly left () O+] Sym O + y* Sym L / l German eszet () 0223 Multiply () Lambda ( ) Single curly right () SO + ] Partial differential () O+d Sym M / m N + tilde () O + N, N Mu ( ) Double curly left () O+[ Per thousand () SO + r Sym N / n N + tilde () O + N, n Nu ( ) Double curly right () SO + [ Plus or minus () SO + = Sym W / w Norwegian O () SO + O Omega ( ) Single left guillemet () SO + 3 Sym O + 4 Sym O / o Norwegian O () O+o Prime () Omicron ( ) Single right guillemet () SO + 4 Sym O + m Sym F / f Ligatures Proportional () Phi ( ) Double left guillemet () O+\ Radical () O+v Sym P / p A + E () SO + ' Pi ( ) " right guillemet () SO + \ Raised dot () SO + 9 Sym Y / y a + e () O+' Psi ( ) Registered () O+r Summation () O+w Sym R / r O + E () SO + q Rho ( ) Section () O+6 Sym + \ Sym S / s o + e () O+q Therefore () Sigma ( ) Spanish exclamation () O+! Sym T / t Tau ( ) Spanish question mark () O+? Sym Q / q Copyright 20062008 Theta ( ) Geoff Hart Trademark () O+2 Sym U / u Upsilon ( ) www.geoff-hart.com Sym X / x Xi ( ) Sym Z / z Zeta ( ) * This may not work in Word X. Instead, create a keystroke such as Control-X to insert this symbol. To do so, open the Insert menu, select Symbol, and select the symbol. Click the "Shortcut Key" button and choose a shortcut.