altkey
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Altkey in MacTRANSCRIPT
Option or Alt Key Shortcuts to Insert Symbols in Mac OS X Option or Alt key is one of the hidden gems in Apple keyboard used very less by most of the Mac users. Besides many keyboard shortcuts, option key in combination with other keys can be used to insert special symbols like trademark, copyright or currencies in text editing apps like Pages, Notes, TextEdit or when typing emails. Here is the complete list of keyboard shortcuts for inserting symbols using option or alt key in Mac OS X. Use the search box to find to filter the results in the table
Option Key Combination Symbol Symbol Description Option + 1 ¡ Inverted Exclamation Mark
Option + 4 ¢ Cent Symbol
Option + 3 £ Pound Sterling Symbol Option + y ¥ Japanese Yen Symbol
Option + 6 § Section Sign
Option + Shift + u ¨ Diaeresis
Option + u ¨ Diaeresis Option + g © Copyright
Option + 9 ª Feminine Ordinal Indicator
Option + \ « Double Left Angle Quotation Mark
Option + l ¬ Not Sign Option + r ® Registered
Option + Shift + , ¯ˉ Macron
Option + Shift + 8 ° Degree
Option + Shift + = ± Plus or Minus Option + e ´ Acute Accent
Option + Shift + e ´ Acute Accent
Option + m µ Micron or Micro Sign
Option + 7 ¶ Paragraph or Pilcrow sign Option + Shift + 9 · Dot Center
Option + Shift + z ¸ Cedilla
Option + 0 º Masculine Ordinal Indicator
Option + Shift + \ » Double Right Angle Quotation Mark Option + Shift + / ¿ Inverted Question Mark
Option + s ß Latin Small Letter Sharp S or German Eszett (Scharfes S)
Option + Shift + y Á Latin Capital A with Acute
Option + Shift + m  Latin Capital A with Circumflex Option + a å Latin Lowercase A with Ring Above
Option + Shift + a Å Latin Uppercase A with Ring Above
Option + Shift + ‘ Æ Latin Capital Letter Æ
Option + ‘ æ Latin Small Letter æ Option + c ç Latin Small Letter C with Cedilla
Option + Shift + c Ç Latin Capital Letter C with Cedilla
Option + Shift + s Í Latin Capital Letter I with Acute
Option + Shift + d Î Latin Capital Letter I with Circumflex Option + Shift + f Ï Latin Capital Letter I with Diaeresis
Option + Shift + l Ò Latin Capital Letter O with Grave
Option + Shift + h Ó Latin Capital Letter O with Acute
Option + Shift + j Ô Latin Capital Letter O with Circumflex Option + / ÷ Divided by or Division Sign
Option + o ø Latin Small Letter O with Stroke
Option + Shift + o Ø Latin Capital Letter O with Stroke
Option + Shift + ; Ú Latin Capital Letter U with Acute Option + Shift + b ı Latin Small Letter Dotless I
Option + q œ Latin Small Ligature OE
Option + Shift + q Œ Latin Capital Ligature OE
Option + f ƒ Latin Small Letter f with Hook or Florin Symbol or Function Option + i ˆ Circumflex
Option + Shift + i ˆ Circumflex
Option + Shift + t ˇ Caron or háček or Wedge or Inverted Circumflex or Inverted Hat
Option Key Combination Symbol Symbol Description Option + Shift + . ˘ Breve
Option + h ˙ Superscript Dot or Dot Above
Option + k ˚ Ring Above
Option + Shift + x ˛ Ogonek Option + n ˜ Small Tilde
Option + Shift + n ˜ Small Tilde
Option + Shift + g ˝ Double Acute Accent
Option + p π Greek Small Letter Pi Option + z Ω Ohm or Greek Capital Letter Omega
Option + -‐ – En Dash
Option + Shift + -‐ — Em Dash Option + ] ‘ Apostrophe or Left Single Quote
Option + Shift + ] ’ Right Single Quote
Option + Shift + 0 ‚ Comma
Option + [ “ Left Double Quote Option + Shift + [ ” Right Double Quote
Option + Shift + w „ Double Quote
Option + t † Dagger or Plus or Cross
Option + Shift + 7 ‡ Doble Dagger Option + 8 • Bullet
Option + ; … Horizontal Ellipsis
Option + Shift + r ‰ Per Mille Sign
Option + Shift + 3 ‹ Single Left Angle Quotation Mark Option + Shift + 4 › Single Right Angle Quotation Mark
Option + Shift + 1 ⁄ Slash or Forward Slash or Right Slash
Option + Shift + 2 € Euro Symbol
Option + 2 ™ Trademark Option + d ∂ Partial Differential
Option + j ∆ Triangle or Increment
Option + Shift + p ∏ N-‐ary product Symbol
Option + w ∑ Sigma or Sum or N-‐ary Summation Option + v √ Square Root Math Symbol
Option + 5 ∞ Infinity
Option + b ∫ Integral Symbol
Option + x ≈ Approximate or Almost Equal to Option + = ≠ Not Equal to
Option + , ≤ Lesser than or Equal to
Option + . ≥ Greater than or Equal to
Option + Shift + v ◊ Diamond or Lozenge
Option + Shift + k Apple Logo Symbol
Option + Shift + 5 fi Latin Small Ligature FI Option + Shift + 6 fl Latin Small Ligature FL