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Danny Parker - 29 Mar 2008 06:13 GMT

Hi,

I have a font consisting of a series of symbols. I wish to add one or
two of the symbols to a document I am typing. How can I find which key
combination produces which symbol?

Thanks,

Danny

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dorayme - 29 Mar 2008 07:02 GMT

> Hi,
>
> I have a font consisting of a series of symbols. I wish to add one or
> two of the symbols to a document I am typing. How can I find which key
> combination produces which symbol?

In the Finder (or, indeed, in many Mac apps) look at the last item in
the Edit menu.

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Danny Parker - 29 Mar 2008 07:58 GMT

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<doraymeRidThis-308590.17020729032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>,

> > Hi,
> >
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> In the Finder (or, indeed, in many Mac apps) look at the last item in
> the Edit menu.

No, this is not what I meant. It is a font mad up of different symbols
(musical symbols etc). I want to type them into a document.

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TaliesinSoft - 29 Mar 2008 15:41 GMT

> In article
> <doraymeRidThis-308590.17020729032008@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>,
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> No, this is not what I meant. It is a font mad up of different symbols
> (musical symbols etc). I want to type them into a document.

Go to System Preferences and select International and then select Input Menu
and then place a check next to Character Palette. You should then be able to
click on the flag in the menubar and see a drop-down list from which you can
now select Character Palette.

With the Character Palette open click on View and select Glyph and then for
Font select the font of interest. The panel below will show the entirety of
all of the characters available within that font.

If you then click on a single character in the panel you will see the
selected character and all of the characters "related". Clicking on the large
character in the lower left will cause that character to be entered into the
document you are working on.

What you might consider doing is making a small document containing one each
of each of the special characters you want to use. Then, having this
document, you can copy and paste the characters into any document you are
working on in which you would like to use those chara ters.

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Jolly Roger - 29 Mar 2008 14:16 GMT

> I have a font consisting of a series of symbols. I wish to add one or
> two of the symbols to a document I am typing. How can I find which key
> combination produces which symbol?

The Keyboard Viewer will show you what gets typed when you hold down
Shift, Option, and other keys. Here's an AppleScript that will display
it for you:

<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/jollyroger/Keyboard%20Viewer.zip>

Or, to view it manually:

1. Open System Preferences > International > Input Menu.
2. Check the "Keyboard Viewer" checkbox.
3. Close System Preferences.
4. On the right side of the Mac OS X menu bar at the top of the screen,
click the flag icon and select Keyboard Viewer.

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