Mac OS X Special characters
MacRoman
The so called MacRoman characterset is an extension of both US ASCII and earlier Mac OS character sets and is identical to ASCII for the first 128 characters. It resembles very much the Latin-1 character set, including many accented characters and a number of additional symbols.
The following table describes the MacRoman character set, associating the decimal and hexadecimal equivalents with descriptions of the characters.
Included are the keystrokes for all printing and a few non-printing characters used with Apple's US English keyboard layout. Not all fonts can represent all characters, while some fonts will represent alternate characters.
Source: For Mac OS and Mac OS X, what is the Standard Roman (MacRoman) character set?
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Dec
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Hex
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Description
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Keystrokes
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0
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00
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null
character
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1
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01
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start
of heading
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2
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02
|
start
of text
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|
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3
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03
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end
of text
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|
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4
|
04
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end
of transmission
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|
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5
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05
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enquiry
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6
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06
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acknowledge
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7
|
07
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bell
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8
|
08
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backspace
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9
|
09
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horizontal
tabulation
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10
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0A
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line
feed
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|
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11
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0B
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vertical
tabulation
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12
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0C
|
form
feed
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13
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0D
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carriage
return
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Return
|
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14
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0E
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Shift
out
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15
|
0F
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Shift
in
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|
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16
|
10
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data
link escape
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|
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17
|
11
|
device
control one
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|
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18
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12
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device
control two
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19
|
13
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device
control three
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|
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20
|
14
|
device
control four
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21
|
15
|
negative
acknowledge
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22
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16
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synchronous
idle
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23
|
17
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end
of transmission block
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|
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24
|
18
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cancel
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25
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19
|
end
of medium
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|
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26
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1A
|
substitute
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|
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27
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1B
|
escape
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Esc
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28
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1C
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file
separator
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|
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29
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1D
|
group
separator
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|
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30
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1E
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record
separator
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31
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1F
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unit
separator
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32
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20
|
space
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Spacebar
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33
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21
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Shift-1
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34
|
22
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"
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Shift-'
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35
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23
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#
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Shift-3
|
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36
|
24
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$
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Shift-4
|
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37
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25
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%
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Shift-5
|
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38
|
26
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&
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Shift-7
|
|
39
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27
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'
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'
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40
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28
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(
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Shift-9
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41
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29
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)
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Shift-0
|
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42
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2A
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*
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Shift-8
|
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43
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2B
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+
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Shift-=
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44
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2C
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,
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,
|
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45
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2D
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-
|
-
|
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46
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2E
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.
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.
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47
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2F
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/
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/
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48
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30
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0
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0
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49
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31
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1
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1
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50
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32
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2
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2
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51
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33
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3
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3
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52
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34
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4
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4
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53
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35
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5
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5
|
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54
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36
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6
|
6
|
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55
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37
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7
|
7
|
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56
|
38
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8
|
8
|
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57
|
39
|
9
|
9
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58
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3A
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:
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Shift-;
|
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59
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3B
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;
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;
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60
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3C
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<<br /> |
Shift-,
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61
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3D
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=
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=
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62
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3E
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>
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Shift-.
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63
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3F
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?
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Shift-/
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64
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40
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@
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Shift-2
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65
|
41
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A
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Shift-a
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66
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42
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B
|
Shift-b
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67
|
43
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C
|
Shift-c
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68
|
44
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D
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Shift-d
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69
|
45
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E
|
Shift-e
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70
|
46
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F
|
Shift-f
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71
|
47
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G
|
Shift-g
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72
|
48
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H
|
Shift-h
|
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73
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49
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I
|
Shift-i
|
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74
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4A
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J
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Shift-j
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75
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4B
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K
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Shift-k
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76
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4C
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L
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Shift-l
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77
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4D
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M
|
Shift-m
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78
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4E
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N
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Shift-n
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79
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4F
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O
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Shift-o
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80
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50
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P
|
Shift-p
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81
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51
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Q
|
Shift-q
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82
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52
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R
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Shift-r
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83
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53
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S
|
Shift-s
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84
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54
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T
|
Shift-t
|
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85
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55
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U
|
Shift-u
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86
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56
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V
|
Shift-v
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87
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57
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W
|
Shift-w
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88
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58
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X
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Shift-x
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89
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59
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Y
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Shift-y
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90
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5A
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Z
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Shift-z
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91
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5B
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[
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[
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92
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5C
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\
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\
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93
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5D
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]
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]
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94
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5E
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^
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Shift-6
|
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95
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5F
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_
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Shift-hyphen
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96
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60
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`
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`
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97
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61
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a
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a
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98
|
62
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b
|
b
|
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99
|
63
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c
|
c
|
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100
|
64
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d
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d
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101
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65
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e
|
e
|
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102
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66
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f
|
f
|
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103
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67
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g
|
g
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104
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68
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h
|
h
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105
|
69
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i
|
i
|
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106
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6A
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j
|
j
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107
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6B
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k
|
k
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108
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6C
|
l
|
l
|
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109
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6D
|
m
|
m
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110
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6E
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n
|
n
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111
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6F
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o
|
o
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112
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70
|
p
|
p
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113
|
71
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q
|
q
|
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114
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72
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r
|
r
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115
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73
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s
|
s
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116
|
74
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t
|
t
|
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117
|
75
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u
|
u
|
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118
|
76
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v
|
v
|
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119
|
77
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w
|
w
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120
|
78
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x
|
x
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121
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79
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y
|
y
|
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122
|
7A
|
z
|
z
|
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123
|
7B
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{
|
Shift-[
|
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124
|
7C
|
|
|
Shift-\
|
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125
|
7D
|
}
|
Shift-]
|
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126
|
7E
|
~
|
Shift-`
|
|
127
|
7F
|
delete
|
Delete
|
|
128
|
80
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Ä
(A with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
Shift-a
|
|
129
|
81
|
Å
(A with ring)
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Option-Shift-a
|
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130
|
82
|
Ç
(C with cedilla)
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Option-Shift-c
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|
131
|
83
|
É
(E with acute accent)
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Option-e
Shift-e
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|
132
|
84
|
Ñ
(N with tilde)
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Option-n
Shift-n
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|
133
|
85
|
Ö
(O with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
Shift-o
|
|
134
|
86
|
Ü
(U with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
Shift-u
|
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135
|
87
|
á
(a with acute accent)
|
Option-e
a
|
|
136
|
88
|
à
(a with grave accent)
|
Option-`
a
|
|
137
|
89
|
â
(a with circumflex)
|
Option-i
a
|
|
138
|
8A
|
ä
(a with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
a
|
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139
|
8B
|
ã
(a with tilde)
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Option-n
a
|
|
140
|
8C
|
å
(a with ring)
|
Option-a
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141
|
8D
|
ç
(c with cedilla)
|
Option-c
|
|
142
|
8E
|
é
(e with acute accent)
|
Option-e
e
|
|
143
|
8F
|
è
(e with grave accent)
|
Option-`
e
|
|
144
|
90
|
ê
(e with circumflex)
|
Option-i
e
|
|
145
|
91
|
ë
(e with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
e
|
|
146
|
92
|
í
(i with acute accent)
|
Option-e
i
|
|
147
|
93
|
ì
(i with grave accent)
|
Option-`
i
|
|
148
|
94
|
î
(i with circumflex)
|
Option-i
i
|
|
149
|
95
|
ï
(i with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
i
|
|
150
|
96
|
ñ
(n with tilde)
|
Option-n
n
|
|
151
|
97
|
ó
(o with acute accent)
|
Option-e
o
|
|
152
|
98
|
ò
(o with grave accent)
|
Option-`
o
|
|
153
|
99
|
ô
(o with circumflex)
|
Option-i
o
|
|
154
|
9A
|
ö
(o with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
o
|
|
155
|
9B
|
õ
(o with tilde)
|
Option-n
o
|
|
156
|
9C
|
ú
(u with acute accent)
|
Option-e
u
|
|
157
|
9D
|
ù
(u with grave accent)
|
Option-`
u
|
|
158
|
9E
|
û
(u with circumflex)
|
Option-i
u
|
|
159
|
9F
|
ü
(u with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
u
|
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160
|
A0
|
†
(dagger)
|
Option-t
|
|
161
|
A1
|
°
(degree)
|
Option-Shift-8
|
|
162
|
A2
|
¢
(cent)
|
Option-4
|
|
163
|
A3
|
£
(pound sterling)
|
Option-3
|
|
164
|
A4
|
§
(section)
|
Option-6
|
|
165
|
A5
|
•
(bullet)
|
Option-8
|
|
166
|
A6
|
¶
(pilcrow [paragraph sign])
|
Option-7
|
|
167
|
A7
|
ß
(small sharp s)
|
Option-s
|
|
168
|
A8
|
®
(registered trademark)
|
Option-r
|
|
169
|
A9
|
©
(copyright)
|
Option-g
|
|
170
|
AA
|
™
(trademark)
|
Option-2
|
|
171
|
AB
|
´
(acute accent)
|
Option-e
|
|
172
|
AC
|
¨
(diaeresis) (umlaut)
|
Option-u
|
|
173
|
AD
|
not
equal to
|
Option-=
|
|
174
|
AE
|
Æ
(AE ligature)
|
Option-Shift-'
|
|
175
|
AF
|
Ø
(O with slash)
|
Option-Shift-o
|
|
176
|
B0
|
infinity
|
Option-5
|
|
177
|
B1
|
±
(plus or minus)
|
Option-Shift-=
|
|
178
|
B2
|
less
than or equal to
|
Option-,
|
|
179
|
B3
|
greater
than or equal to
|
Option-.
|
|
180
|
B4
|
¥
(yen)
|
Option-y
|
|
181
|
B5
|
µ
(micro)
|
Option-m
|
|
182
|
B6
|
partial
differential
|
Option-d
|
|
183
|
B7
|
summation
|
Option-w
|
|
184
|
B8
|
product
(capital pi)
|
Option-Shift-p
|
|
185
|
B9
|
small
pi
|
Option-p
|
|
186
|
BA
|
integral
|
Option-b
|
|
187
|
BB
|
ª
(feminine ordinal)
|
Option-9
|
|
188
|
BC
|
º
(masculine ordinal)
|
Option-0
|
|
189
|
BD
|
ohm
(omega)
|
Option-z
|
|
190
|
BE
|
æ
(ae ligature)
|
Option-'
|
|
191
|
BF
|
ø
(o with slash)
|
Option-o
|
|
192
|
C0
|
¿
(inverted question mark)
|
Option-Shift-?
|
|
193
|
C1
|
¡
(inverted exclamation mark)
|
Option-1
|
|
194
|
C2
|
¬
(not)
|
Option-l
|
|
195
|
C3
|
square
root
|
Option-v
|
|
196
|
C4
|
ƒ
(small script f)
|
Option-f
|
|
197
|
C5
|
almost
equal to
|
Option-x
|
|
198
|
C6
|
increment
(delta)
|
Option-j
|
|
199
|
C7
|
«
(left pointing guillemet)
|
Option-\
|
|
200
|
C8
|
»
(right pointing guillemet)
|
Option-Shift-\
|
|
201
|
C9
|
…
(horizontal ellipsis)
|
Option-;
|
|
202
|
CA
|
(non-breaking space)
|
Option-Spacebar
|
|
203
|
CB
|
À
(A with grave accent)
|
Option-`
Shift-a
|
|
204
|
CC
|
Ã
(A with tilde)
|
Option-n
Shift-a
|
|
205
|
CD
|
Õ
(O with tilde)
|
Option-n
Shift-o
|
|
206
|
CE
|
Œ
(OE ligature)
|
Option-Shift-q
|
|
207
|
CF
|
œ
(oe ligature)
|
Option-q
|
|
208
|
D0
|
–
(endash)
|
Opt-hyphen
|
|
209
|
D1
|
—
(emdash)
|
Option-Shift-hyphen
|
|
210
|
D2
|
“
(left double quote)
|
Option-[
|
|
211
|
D3
|
”
(right double quote)
|
Option-Shift-[
|
|
212
|
D4
|
‘
(left single quote)
|
Option-]
|
|
213
|
D5
|
’
(right single quote)
|
Option-Shift-]
|
|
214
|
D6
|
÷
(division)
|
Option-/
|
|
215
|
D7
|
lozenge
|
Option-Shift-v
|
|
216
|
D8
|
›
(y with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
y
|
|
217
|
D9
|
Ÿ
(Y with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
Shift-y
|
|
218
|
DA
|
fraction
slash
|
Option-Shift-1
|
|
219
|
DB
|
€
(euro)
|
Option-Shift-2
|
|
220
|
DC
|
‹
(left pointing single guillemet)
|
Option-Shift-3
|
|
221
|
DD
|
›
(right pointing single guillemet)
|
Option-Shift-4
|
|
222
|
DE
|
Þ
(small fi ligature [capital thorn])
|
Option-Shift-5
|
|
223
|
DF
|
þ
(small fl ligature [small thorn)]
|
Option-Shift-6
|
|
224
|
E0
|
‡
(double dagger)
|
Option-Shift-7
|
|
225
|
E1
|
·
(middle dot)
|
Option-Shift-9
|
|
226
|
E2
|
‚
(low single quote)
|
Option-Shift-0
|
|
227
|
E3
|
„
(low double quote)
|
Option-Shift-w
|
|
228
|
E4
|
‰
(per mille)
|
Option-Shift-r
|
|
229
|
E5
|
Â
(A with circumflex)
|
Option-Shift-m
or Option-i Shift-a
|
|
230
|
E6
|
Ê
(E with circumflex)
|
Option-i
Shift-e
|
|
231
|
E7
|
Á
(A with acute accent)
|
Option-Shift-y
or Option-e Shift-a
|
|
232
|
E8
|
Ë
(E with diaeresis)
|
Option-u
Shift-e
|
|
233
|
E9
|
È
(E with grave accent)
|
Option-`
Shift-e
|
|
234
|
EA
|
Í
(I with acute accent)
|
Option-Shift-s
or Option-e Shift-i
|
|
235
|
EB
|
Î
(I with circumflex)
|
Option-Shift-d
or Option-i Shift-i
|
|
236
|
EC
|
Ï
(I with diaeresis)
|
Option-Shift-f
or Option-u Shift-i
|
|
237
|
ED
|
Ì
(I with grave accent)
|
Option-`
Shift-i
|
|
238
|
EE
|
Ó
(O with acute accent)
|
Option-Shift-h
or Option-e Shift-o
|
|
239
|
EF
|
Ô
(O with circumflex)
|
Option-Shift-j
or Option-i Shift-o
|
|
240
|
F0
|
Apple
Computer logo
|
Option-Shift-k
|
|
241
|
F1
|
Ò
(O with grave accent)
|
Option-Shift-l
or Option-` Shift-o
|
|
242
|
F2
|
Ú
(U with acute accent)
|
Option-Shift-;
or Option-e Shift-u
|
|
243
|
F3
|
Û
(U with circumflex)
|
Option-i
Shift-u
|
|
244
|
F4
|
Ù
(U with grave accent)
|
Option-`
Shift-u
|
|
245
|
F5
|
i
without a dot
|
Option-Shift-b
|
|
246
|
F6
|
ˆ
(circumflex accent)
|
Option-Shift-i
|
|
247
|
F7
|
˜
(tilde accent)
|
Option-Shift-n
|
|
248
|
F8
|
¯
(macron)
|
Option-Shift-,
|
|
249
|
F9
|
breve
|
Option-Shift-.
|
|
250
|
FA
|
dot
accent
|
Option-h
|
|
251
|
FB
|
ring
|
Option-k
|
|
252
|
FC
|
¸
(cedilla accent)
|
Option-Shift-z
|
|
253
|
FD
|
double
acute accent
|
Option-Shift-g
|
|
254
|
FE
|
ogonek
|
Option-Shift-x
|
|
255
|
FF
|
hacek
|
Option-Shift-t
|
Foreign language characters
In Mac OS, for some diacritics and accent marks, you may need to install additional fonts, but you can produce some of the most common foreign language characters using the Option key.
» In Mac OS, how can I type foreign language characters?
» Overview of the keyboard symbols
