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How do I show the keyboard character map? I want to use an octothorpe but its not a standard key. IMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2) Posted on Dec 24, 2013 3:51 AM. Online character map application including all unicode characters with practical search capability similar to the Character Map in Microsoft Windows.
Type emoji and other symbols
In the Messages and Mail apps, you can also see the Character Viewer popup when you click .
Type accented characters
Press and hold a key until its alternate characters appear, then click or type the number under the character that you want to use.
If no additional characters are available for the key that you're holding, the accent menu doesn't appear.
If you decide that you don't want to type an accented character after holding a key, press the Esc (escape) key.
Repeat a characterSpecial Character Map For Mac
Some keys repeat when you press and hold them, depending on where you type them. Press and hold the Space bar or symbol keys (like hyphen or equals) to make these characters repeat in most apps. In apps where accented characters aren't used (like Calculator, Grapher, or Terminal), letter and number keys also repeat when you press and hold them.
If a character isn't repeating, check your Key Repeat settings:
If a key isn't designed to repeat in the app you’re using, follow these steps:
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The Character Map is a Microsoft Windows utility that allows you to see all available characters and Unicode in each of the fonts installed on the computer. Pictured is an example of what the Character Map or charmap looks like in Microsoft Windows.
Mac Special Characters MapHow to open the Windows Character Map or charmapWindows 7, 8, and 10 users
Click Start, open Windows Accessories, and choose Character Map. Or, press the Windows key, type charmap, and press Enter.
Windows XP and earlier users
Click Start, Run, and type charmap and press Enter.
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The font all depends on what type of character symbol you are trying to find. For non-english characters almost any font should work. For other more specialized character symbols like an arrow, checkmark, book, operating system, hands, etc. we suggest using the Wingdings font.
Example of inserting a checkmark into Microsoft Word
Related pagesMac Character Viewer
Character, Font, Special characters, Typography terms, Unicode
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