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• Turn on Caps Lock: Press Shift
appears: .
• Turn off Caps Lock: Press Shift
Enter alternate keyboard characters
Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear above the letters on the keys. To
enter these characters, do one of the following:
• Press Option and press the key for the character. The alternate
character symbol appears: . You don't need to hold down Option while
pressing the second key.
• Enter a series of alternate characters: Press
Option Lock. The Option Lock symbol appears:
• Turn off Option Lock: Press Option
Enter passwords
You can see each character of a password only as you enter it, so be careful.
Be sure Caps Lock and Option Lock are off unless you need them. For
information on how to enter characters, see
Enter alternate keyboard characters.
Enter characters from the symbols table
You can enter symbols and accented characters that don't appear on the
keys by using the symbols table. See
list of the available symbols and accented characters.
1 Press Sym to display the symbols table.
twice. The Caps Lock symbol
.
Option twice to turn on
.
.
Enter uppercase letters and
Symbols and accented characters for a
2 Narrow the list by pressing the key that corresponds to the character
you want. For example, to enter an é, press e. See the table below for a
list of corresponding characters.
The symbols and accented characters are grouped according to their
TIP
similarity to the corresponding key. In some cases, the symbol is related to the
alternate character on the key, not the letter. For example, to type a ¢ or other
currency symbol, press Sym + h. Why? Because the alternate character on the H
key is $.
TIP If you press the wrong key, press
symbols and accented characters. You can then press another key.
3 Scroll to find the character you want.
4 Tap the character to insert it.
Symbols and accented characters
Table 2. Symbols and accented characters
Press Sym and to select...
press...
a or A á à ä â ã å æ Á À Ä Â Ã Å Æ ª ~ \ ` • ÷ ^ [] {} < >
«» Ø μ |
b or B ~ \ ` • ÷ ^ [] { } < > « » Ø μ |
c or C © ç Ç ¢
d or D † ‡
e or E é è ë ê ē É È Ë Ê € ¹ ¼ ½
h or H ¢ € £ ¥ ƒ
i or I í ì ï î Í Ì Ï Î ÷ ‰
j or J ¡
k or K :-) :-( ;-)
l or L ` ' ' ‚ "
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