100 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Creating Symbols

December 13, 2007 in Popular, Productivity | 15 Comments

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Some of these symbols cannot be seen.

Let's Start with an Apple

Apple

Option-Shift-K (Apple)

Mathematical

2	∫	Option-B	9	≠	Option-Equal Sign[=]
3	√	Option-V	10	≤	Option-Smaller Sign[<]
4	∑	Option-W	11	÷	Option-Question Mark[?]
5	≈	Option-X	12	…	Option-Semicolon[;]
6	∞	Option-5	13	‰	Option-Shift-R
7	«	Option-Backslash[\]	14	»	Option-Shift-Backslash[\]
8	≥	Option-Larger Sign[>]	15	±	Option-Shift-Equal Sign[=]

Greek

16	∂	Option-D (Delta)	20	ß	Option-S (beta)
17	∆	Option-J (Delta)	21	Ω	Option-Z (Omega)
18	µ	Option-M (Mu)	22	∏	Option-Shift-P (phi)
19	π	Option-P (phi)

Currency

23	$	Shift-4	26	£	Option-3
24	ƒ	Option-F	27	¢	Option-4
25	¥	Option-Y	28	€	Option-Shift-2

Grave

29	à	Option-Accent[`] A	34	À	Option-Accent[`] Shift-A
30	è	Option-Accent[`] E	35	È	Option-Accent[`] Shift-E
31	ì	Option-Accent[`] I	36	Ì	Option-Accent[`] Shift-I
32	ò	Option-Accent[`] O	37	Ò	Option-Accent[`] Shift-O
33	ù	Option-Accent[`] U	38	Ù	Option-Accent[`] Shift-U

Acute

39	á	Option-E A	44	Á	Option-E Shift-A
40	é	Option-E E	45	É	Option-E Shift-E
41	í	Option-E I	46	Í	Option-E Shift-I
42	ó	Option-E O	47	Ó	Option-E Shift-O
43	ú	Option-E U	48	Ú	Option-E Shift-U

Circumflex

49	â	Option-I A	54	Â	Option-I Shift-A
50	ê	Option-I E	55	Ê	Option-I Shift-E
51	î	Option-I I	56	Î	Option-I Shift-I
52	ô	Option-I O	57	Ô	Option-I Shift-O
53	û	Option-I U	58	Û	Option-I Shift-U

Tilde

59	ã	Option-N A	62	Ã	Option-N Shift-A
60	ñ	Option-N N	63	Ñ	Option-N Shift-N
61	õ	Option-N O	64	Õ	Option-N Shift-O

Dieresis

65	ä	Option-U A	70	Ä	Option-U Shift-A
66	ë	Option-U E	71	Ë	Option-U Shift-E
67	ï	Option-U I	72	Ï	Option-U Shift-I
68	ö	Option-U O	73	Ö	Option-U Shift-O
69	ü	Option-U U	74	Ü	Option-U Shift-U

Miscellaneous

75	å	Option-A	88	æ	Option-Single Quote[']
76	ç	Option-C	89	‘	Option-Close Square Bracket[']']
77	©	Option-G	90	“	Option-Open Square Bracket['[']
78	˚	Option-K	91	Å	Option-Shift-A
79	ø	Option-O	92	Ç	Option-Shift-C
80	œ	Option-Q	93	Ø	Option-Shift-O
81	®	Option-R	94	Œ	Option-Shift-Q
82	†	Option-T	95	ﬁ	Option-Shift-5
83	™	Option-2 (Trade Mark)	96	ﬂ	Option-Shift-6
84	¶	Option-7	97	°	Option-Shift-8
85	•	Option-8 (Bullet)	98	—	Option-Shift-Dash[-]
86	¡	Option-1	99	¿	Option-Shift-Question Mark[?]
87	–	Option-Dash[-]	100	Æ	Option-Shift-Single Quote[']

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15 Comments

10:15 AM

Matt

Very nice list

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02:52 PM

On the european keyboard the ± sign is made by pressing shift and ±/§ key. This key is on the left of the #1 key, above the "tab" key. Also a very nice list for macwiki.nl, am i also allowed to copy this information with a reference to usingmac.com? Just like this one: http://macwiki.nl/index.php/Toetsencombinatie Thanks, Sypie

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05:53 AM

Jeff Byrnes

Great article. Nice to see these all laid out, easy to reference. Cheers!

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12:54 AM

Andy

Oh, and did not know about it. Thanks for the information ...

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04:33 PM

Ellie

Is there anyway to change these symbols? Like if i wanted a star or a heart in there?

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04:40 PM

ralph

paano po ba yung apple

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08:26 PM

Pete

Anyone know where the ~ symbol is to be accessed?

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09:33 AM

david

is there one for star

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02:12 AM

Fabiola

How do I put the at in my mac?"@" I cant do it please help, its on a side from the number two.

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02:20 AM

Sypie

Shift+2 will make an @.

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07:08 AM

Scott S di Vincenzo

Option + G Only Sometimes Makes the Copyright Symbol

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11:28 AM

ryan

how do i type a ~ symbol. i try shift+` but that doesnt work

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05:58 PM

sapana

i cant do that please help me........

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12:02 AM

Saibraisina

Hello my friends :) ;)

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02:14 PM

Matt

This is one of the great features that has been available through the evoution of the Mac OS. In OS 9 and older there was an App called Keycaps that would show you these keystroke combinations. I miss Keycaps! If you want to have the content of this post readily available without bookmarking this page or copying and pasting you will love this widget. http://www.tacowidgets.com/widgets/characterpal/ btw - I love this blog

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