Mac character codes
Accents and diacriticals (S = shift, O = Option, SO = both)
Accent itself Accented letters: press the indicated shortcut, then the indicated letter
Acute (´)
SO + e (´)
Option E plus: A (Á), a (á), E (É), e (é), I (Í), i (í), O (Ó), o (ó), U (Ú), u (ú)
Circumflex (ˆ)
SO + i (ˆ)
Option I plus: A (Â), a (â), E (Ê), e (ê), I (Î), i (î), O (Ô), o (ô), U (Û), u (û)
Grave (`)
SO + ` (`)
Option ` plus: A (À), a (à), E (È), e (è), I (Ì), i (ì), O (Ò), o (ò), U (Ù), u (ù)
Umlaut (¨)
SO + u (¨)
Option U plus: A (Ä), a (ä), E (Ë), e (ë), I (Ï), i (ï), O (Ö), o (ö), U (Ü), u (ü)
Tilde (˜)
SO + n (˜)
Option N plus: A (Ã), a (ã), N (Ñ), n (ñ), O (Õ), o (õ)
Ring (˚)
O + k (˚)
Option A (Å), Option a (å)
For symbols: Hold the S = Shift key, O = Option key, or SO = both, then type the specified character.
Typographical
Mathematical or scientific (Sym = switch to Symbol font first)
Miscellaneous
Bullet (•)
O+8
Degree (°)
SO + 8
Sym A / a
Currency
Alpha (Α α)
Copyright (©)
O+g
Division (÷)
O+/
Sym B / b
cent (¢)
O+4
Beta (Β β)
Dagger (†)
O+t
Equal:
Sym
C
/
c
euro
(€)
SO
+2
Chi (Χ χ)
Double dagger (‡)
SO + 7
Approximately (≈)
O+x
O + j Sym D / d
florin (ƒ)
O+f
Delta (Δ δ)
Ellipsis (…)
O+;
Greater than or (≥)
O+.
Sym E / e
pound (£)
O+3
Epsilon (Ε ε)
(period)
Em dash (—)
SO + Less than or (≤)
O+,
Sym H / h
yen (¥)
O+y
Eta (Η η)
(comma)
En dash (–)
O+Not (≠)
O+=
Sym G / g
European letters
Gamma (Γ γ)
Paragraph mark (¶)
O+7
Infinity (∞)
O+5
Sym I / i
Cedilla (Ç)
SO + C
Iota (Ι ι)
Quotations:
Integral (∫)
O+b
Sym K / k
Cedilla (ç)
O+c
Kappa (Κ κ)
Single curly left (‘)
O+]
Sym O + y*
Sym L / l
German eszet (ß)
0223
Multiply (×)
Lambda (Λ λ)
Single curly right (’)
SO + ]
Partial differential (∂)
O+d
Sym M / O + m
N + tilde (Ñ)
O + N, N
Mu (Μ µ)
Double curly left (“)
O+[
Per thousand (‰)
SO + r
Sym
N
/
n
N
+
tilde
(ñ)
O + N, n
Nu (Ν ν)
Double curly right (”)
SO + [
Plus or minus (±)
SO + =
O + W / Sym w
Norwegian O (Ø)
SO + O
Omega (Ω ω)
Single left guillemet (‹)
SO + 3
Sym O + 4
Sym O / o
Norwegian O (ø)
O+o
Prime (ʹ′)
Omicron (Ο ο)
Single right guillemet (›)
SO + 4
Sym O + m
Sym F / f
Ligatures
Proportional (∝)
Phi (Φ φ)
Double left guillemet («)
O+\
Radical (√)
O+v
SO + P / O + P
A + E (Æ)
SO + '
Pi (Π π)
" right guillemet (»)
SO + \
Raised dot (·)
SO + 9
Sym
Y
/
y
a
+
e
(æ)
O+'
Psi (Ψ ψ)
Registered (®)
O+r
Summation (∑)
O+w
Sym R / r
O + E (Œ)
SO + q
Rho (Ρ ρ)
Section (§)
O+6
Sym + \
O + w Sym S / s
o + e (œ)
O+q
Therefore (∴)
Sigma (Σ σ)
Spanish exclamation (¡)
O+!
Sym T / t
Tau (Τ τ)
Spanish question mark (¿)
O+?
Sym Q / q
Copyright 2006–2015
Theta (Θ θ)
Geoff Hart
Trademark (™)
O+2
Sym
U
/
u
Upsilon (Υ υ)
www.geoff-hart.com
Sym X / x
Xi (Ξ ξ)
Sym Z / z
Zeta (Ζ ζ)
* This may not work in Word X. Instead, create a keystroke such as Control-X to insert this symbol. To do so, open
the Insert menu, select Symbol, and select the × symbol. Click the "Shortcut Key" button and choose a shortcut.