The French Azerty keyboard does not have all the characters and symbols. But on Mac, it is very easy to type accentuated capital letters and other special signs. Here is everything you need to know to optimize your entry.
At Apple, aesthetics have been essential for many years. The design of machines and accessories remains immediately recognizable. But sometimes the apple firm pushes the plug a little far. His keyboards, for example, sober and elegant, thus wear a very stripped screen printing. So much so that you have to be a little resourcefulness as soon as it is a question of typing characters or symbols which come out of the ordinary but which can be useful. This is the case, for example, for mathematical formulas, signs specific to the computer code (such as the reverse oblique bar also called antislash) or even accentuated capital letters and other original characters. We tell you here how to enter the main special characters using the adequate keyboard shortcuts. But as it is difficult to be exhaustive, we also give you the method to find yourself those who you are missing.
Here is a little guest thought comprising about twenty special characters frequently used in the text entering in French but also for mathematical formulas or programming languages.
The main special characters for text
| character | Keyboard shortcut |
|---|---|
| œ | Alt + o |
| Π| Alt + Upris + o |
| HAS | Alt + Z |
| æ | Alt + a |
| Æ | Alt + Upris + has |
| HAS | Alt + Maj + Z |
| Ô | Alt + Upris + ^ |
| – | Alt + – |
| E | Alt + e |
| Ç | Alt + C |
The main special characters for mathematics
| Character | Keyboard shortcut |
|---|---|
| { | Alt + ( |
| } | Alt + )) |
| [ | Alt + Maj + ( |
| ] | Alt + Upris + )) |
| ∞ | Alt + ,, |
| ≤ | Alt + |
| Π | Alt + p |
| ÷ | Alt + :: |
| ∫ | Alt + Upris +B |
| ‰ | Alt + Maj + ù |
Special characters for computer science
| Character | Keyboard shortcut |
|---|---|
| ~ | Alt+ space |
| Alt + Upris + :: | |
| | | Alt + Upris + L |
| ‡ | Alt + q |
| ‹ | Alt + W |
| › | Alt + Upris + W |
When you enter a text, it is not uncommon to spend several minutes scrutinizing your keyboard in search of the key that corresponds to the special character sought. Help the virtual keyboard and save time!
- If it is a question of finding an accentuated character, the fastest method is to press for two seconds the desired touch (for example the e) so that all the variations relating to it. Then just click on the corresponding letter. The tip also works for capital letters by pressing the key at the same time Upris of the keyboard.
- To find more complex characters, access the System preferences macOS from the menu Apple.
- In the panel displayed, select Language and region.
- In the new panel that arises, check the box Show the entry menu in the menu bar At the bottom of the window. Close macOS system preferences.
- In the menu bar, click on the new icon that has taken place at the top right of the screen, next to the sound speaker symbol and choose Show the keyboard visualizer.
- A floating window appears over all the other windows possibly open. It displays a graphic representation of your keyboard. This virtual keyboard will assist you to find the special character you are looking for.
- Press, for example, the touch Uppercase from your Apple keyboard. Instantly, on the screen, all the symbols accessible is displayed in the virtual keyboard as soon as you combine this key with another. For example the sharp (#) replaces Arobase (@) and the tremail (¨) replaces the accent circumflex (^).
- You can observe which shortcut to make by combining for example three keys. The combination of the keys Alt,, Uppercase And V thus gives the symbol of square root (√) When Alt + Uppercase + € € gives the symbol of the yen (¥).
- Note who if you are afraid to forget the keyboard shortcut to make time to return to your text, just click on the symbol obtained so that it takes place in your open text document.