PC Keyboard Symbols

Apple Keyboard Codes

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Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts

Normal key functions with the Caps key off, starting from top left with the key that has the symbol ` and ~ and then going from left to right heading all the way down to the last key with the symbol / and ?:

Starts off as ` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = q w e r t y u i o p [ ] \ a s d f g h j k l ; ' z x c v b n m , . /

Now starting from the beginning again, still with the Caps key off, this time hold the Shift key down:

Starts off as ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + Q W E R T Y U I O P { } | A S D F G H J K L : " Z X C V B N M < > ?

Now we go back again to the beginning, still with the caps key off, hold down the Option key:

Starts off as ` ¡ ™ £ ¢ ∞ § ¶ • ª º – ≠ œ ∑ ´ ® † ¥ ¨ ˆ ø π “ ‘ « å ß ∂ ƒ © ˙ ∆ ˚ ¬ … æ Ω ≈ ç √ ∫ ˜ µ ≤ ≥ ÷

This time the Caps key must be turned on, then hold down the Option key:

Starts off as ` ¡ ™ £ ¢ ∞ § ¶ • ª º – ≠ Œ ∑ ´ ® † Á ¨ ˆ Ø ∏ “ ‘ « Å Í Î Ï © Ó Ô ˚ Ò … Æ Ω ≈ Ç √ ı ˜ Â ≤ ≥ ÷

This time we will use both the Shift key plus the Option key. With the caps key off, press the Shift key and hold down, then press the Option key and hold down, then starting from the top left press all the keys to get the symbols:

Starts off as ` ⁄ € ‹ › ﬁ ﬂ ‡ ° · ‚ — ± Œ „ ´ ‰ ˇ Á ¨ ˆ Ø ∏ ” ’ » Å Í Î Ï ˝ Ó Ô  Ò Ú Æ ¸ ˛ Ç ◊ ı ˜ Â ¯ ˘ ¿

With the Caps key on, the results are the same:

Starts off as ` ⁄ € ‹ › ﬁ ﬂ ‡ ° · ‚ — ± Œ „ ´ ‰ ˇ Á ¨ ˆ Ø ∏ ” ’ » Å Í Î Ï ˝ Ó Ô  Ò Ú Æ ¸ ˛ Ç ◊ ı ˜ Â ¯ ˘ ¿

Special keys: to get the symbol ˜ on top of the letter n, hold down the Option key and then press the letter n to get the symbol ˜, then release the Option key and then press the n key and the result will be this ñ.

To get the apple symbol , press and hold down the Shift key and then press and hold down the Option key, then lastly press the k button key and you have the Apple  symbol. ( The Apple symbol is not viewable on a PC)

Grave Accents

Letters or vowels with a grave accent, a symbol like ´ sitting atop of a vowel like so á

To get the symbol ` to sit atop of the letter a, press down the option key and then press the key with the symbol ` then with the option key released press the letter a and you will have à…

Next, to get the symbol ¨ to sit atop of the letter a, press down the option key and then press the letter u to get the symbol ¨ and then with the option key released press the letter a, and you will have ä…

Next, to get the symbol ˜ to sit atop of the letter a, press down the option key and then press the letter n to get the symbol ˜ and then with the option key released press the letter a, and you will have ã…

Next, to get the symbol ´ to sit atop of the letter a, press down the option key and then press the letter e to get this symbol ´ and then with the option key released press the letter a, and you will have á…

Next, to get the symbol ˆ to sit atop of the letter a, press down the option key and then press the letter i to get this symbol ˆ and then with the option key released press the letter a, and you will have â…etc

Exposé

Exposé is a feature of OS X which allows users to quickly open or hide a window.

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Expose all open windows	F9
Expose all windows in one application	F10
Hide windows and reveal the desktop	F11
Cycle through Exposéd Windows	Press Tab key and hold down, then press F9 or F10
Slow motion Exposé keys	Hold down the Shift key and then press F9 or F10

Keyboard Shortcuts:

Action	Shortcut
Move one character to the left	Left Arrow
Move one character to the right	Right Arrow
Move to the line above	Up Arrow
Move to the line below	Down Arrow
Move to the beginning of current or previous word	Option-Left Arrow
Move to the end of current or next word	Option-Right Arrow
Move to the beginning of the current line	Command-Left Arrow
Move to the end of the current line	Command-Right Arrow
Move to the beginning of the current paragraph	Option-Up Arrow
Move to the end of the current paragraph	Option-Down Arrow
Scroll to the beginning of the document	Home
Move to the beginning of the document	Command-Up Arrow
Scroll to the end of the document	End
Move to the end of the document	Command-Down Arrow

Action	Shortcut
Select one or more characters	Click in front of the first character and drag across the characters you want to select
Select a word	Double-click the word
Select a paragraph	Triple-click in the paragraph
Select all inline text and objects	Command-A
Deselect all inline text and objects	Shift-Command-A
Extend text selection	Click in the text, then Shift-click in another location in the text
Extend selection one character to the right	Shift-Right Arrow
Extend selection one character to the left	Shift-Left Arrow
Extend selection to end of current word	Shift-Option-Right Arrow
Extend selection to beginning of current word	Shift-Option-Left Arrow
Extend selection to end of current line	Shift-Command-Left Arrow
Extend selection to beginning of current line	Shift-Command-Left Arrow
Extend selection to the line above	Shift-Up Arrow
Extend selection to the line below	Shift-Down Arrow
Extend selection to beginning of the current paragraph	Shift-Option-Up Arrow
Extend selection to end of the current paragraph	Shift-Option-Down Arrow
Extend selection to end of text	Shift-Command-Down Arrow or Shift-End
Extend selection to beginning of text	Shift-Command-Up Arrow or Shift-Home
Select multiple words or blocks of text that are not next to each other	Select the first text you want, and then select additional text while holding down the Command key

Action	Shortcut
Show fonts window	Command-T
Show styles drawer	Shift-Command-T
Apply a paragraph, character, or list style	F1 through F8, if you've assigned them in the Styles drawer
Bold	Command-B
Italic	Command-I
Underline	Command-U
Delete previous character or selection	Delete
Delete the next character or selection	Del (not available on all keyboards)
Make font size bigger	Command-plus sign (+), command-equal sign (=)
Make font size smaller	Command-minus sign (-)
Make text superscript	Control-Command-plus sign (+)
Make text subscript	Control-Command-minus sign (-)
Align text flush left	Command-{
Center text	Command-\|
Align text flush right	Command-}
Align text flush left and flush right (justify)	Option-Command-\|
Decrease list indent level	Command-[
Increase list indent level	Command-]
Edit hyperlink text without disabling hyperlinks	Arrow keys into hyperlink text
Cut	Command-X
Copy	Command-C
Copy paragraph style	Option-Command-C
Copy character style	Option-Shift-Command-C
Paste	Command-V
Paste character or paragraph style	Option-Command-V
Paste and match style of destination text	Option-Shift-Command-V
Insert non-breaking space	Option-Space bar
Insert line break (soft return)	Shift-Return
Insert page break	Command-Enter
Insert paragraph break	Return

Action	Shortcut
Draw a floating text box, shape, table, or chart	Option-click the Text Box, Shapes, Table, or Chart toolbar button; then drag to size
Select all floating objects	Select one floating object and press Command-A
Deselect all floating objects	Select one floating object and press Command-Shift-A
Select or deselect additional objects	Command-click, Shift-click
Add range to (or remove it from) selection	Shift-drag, Command-drag
Move selected object one point	Arrow key
Move selected object ten points	Shift-Arrow key
Send object to the back	Shift-Command-B
Send object one layer back	Option-Command-B
Bring object to the front	Shift-Command-F
Bring object one layer forward	Option-Shift-Command-F
Group objects	Option-Command-G
Ungroup objects	Option-Shift-Command-G
Lock objects	Command-L
Unlock objects	Option-Command-L
Duplicate object	Command-D, Option-drag
Constrain movement of object to 45-degrees	Shift-drag
Resize object	Drag handle
Resize object from center	Option-drag handle
Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object from center	Option-Shift-drag handle
Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object	Shift-drag handle
Rotate object	Command-drag handle
Rotate object 45-degrees	Shift-Command-drag handle
Rotate object around opposite handle (instead of center)	Command-Option-drag handle
Rotate object 45-degrees around opposite handle (instead of center)	Shift-Command-Option-drag handle
Turn off alignment guides	Command-drag
Mask or unmask object	Shift-Command-M
Exit mask mode	Return, Command-Return, Enter, double-click
Reenter mask mode	Double-click the masked image
Open shortcut menu for selected item	Control-click
Exit text edit mode and select object	Command-Return
Choose an object to insert	Shift-Command-V
Define as placeholder text	Control-Option-Command-T
Define object as media placeholder	Control-Option-Command-I

Action	Shortcut
Select all table borders or cell content, depending on initial selection	Command-A
Delete selected table, border or border segment, or contents of selected cells	Delete
Constrain the movement of the table and snap to guides	Shift-drag table
Replace contents of selected cell with contents of destination cell	Drag selected cell to another cell
Copy contents of selected cell into destination cell	Option-drag selected cell to another cell
Extend selection from selected cell to destination cell	Shift-click in destination cell
Select cell	Click cell of selected table or double-click cell of unselected table
Add cell to (or remove it from) selection	Command-click selected or unselected cell
Enter text edit mode	Return or enter (in cell selection mode)
Stop editing text and select cell	Command-Return
Select border	Click border of selected table or double-click border of unselected table
Add border to (or remove it from) selection	Command-click or Shift-click border
Select border segment	Click or double-click if the table isn't selected
Add border segment to (or remove it from) selection	Shift-click border segment or Command-click border segment
Move border or border segment to new position	Drag border or border segment
Move selected table, border, or border segment one point	Arrow keys
Move selected table, border, or border segment ten points	Shift-arrow keys
Select next cell to the left, right, up, or down	Arrow keys (in cell selection mode)
Extend cell selection by one cell	Shift-arrow keys (in cell selection mode)
Select text in next cell or if last cell is selected add a new row	Tab
Select text in previous cell	Shift-Tab
Stop editing cell and select the table	Command-click the selected cell
Insert a tab	Option-Tab (in text edit mode)
Open table formatting menu for selected table or cells	Control-click table
Create a table by dragging	Option-click Table in toolbar, and then drag to size
Open Formula Editor for selected non-formula cell	=
Open Formula Editor for cell containing formula or formatted number	=, Return, Enter, or double-click
In Formula Editor, save changes	Return, Enter, Accept button
In Formula Editor, discard changes	Escape, Cancel button

Action	Shortcut
Show or hide Chart Data Editor	Shift-Command-D
Complete a cell entry and move the selection down	Return
Complete a cell entry and move the selection up	Shift-Return
Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the right	Tab
Complete a cell entry and move the selection to the left	Shift-Tab
Move one character left, right, to the beginning of text (up), or to the end of text (down)	Arrows keys (in text edit mode)
Complete a cell entry and select the cell	Enter
Move one cell in a given direction	Arrows keys (in cell selection mode)
Move to the beginning of the row	Home
Move to the last nonblank cell at the end of the row	End
Extend the selection by one cell	Shift-Arrow keys
Extend the selection to the beginning of the row	Shift-Home
Extend the selection to the end of the row	Shift-End

Action	Shortcut
Make a custom shape editable	Click the shape, then click again
Move a point of an editable shape	Click point and drag to another location
Delete a point of an editable shape	Click point and press Delete
Add a point to an editable shape	Option-click the shape border where you want to add a point
Change a corner point of an editable shape into a curved point	Double-click the corner point
Change a curved point of an editable shape into a corner point	Double-click the curved point
Reshape the curve of an editable shape	Click a point on the curve and move the control handles

Action	Shortcut
Show page thumbnails	Option-Command-P
Select section above current section	Shift-Up Arrow
Select section below current section	Shift-Down Arrow
Extend selection from current section to section above	Shift-Up Arrow
Extend selection from current section to section below	Shift-Down Arrow
Move between pages	Page Up and Page Down
Select first section	Home
Select last section	End
Select all sections	Command-A

Action	Shortcut
Open new document (You can choose the type of document you want to open in Pages Preferences.)	Command-N
Open new document from template chooser	Shift-Command-N
Open existing document	Command-O
Save	Command-S
Save as	Shift-Command-S
Print	Command-P
Page setup	Shift-Command-P
Pages help	Command-?
Find	Command-F
Find next	Command-G
Find previous	Shift-Command-G
Use selection for find	Command-E
Scroll to found selection	Command-J
Show search sidebar	Option-Command-F
Check spelling	Command-semicolon (;)
Show spelling window	Command-colon (:)
Zoom in	Command->
Zoom out	Command-<
Close window	Command-W
Minimize window	Command-M
Show preferences	Command-comma (,)
Show Inspector window	Option-Command-I
Show document rulers	Command-R
Show layout	Shift-Command-L
Show formatting characters (invisibles)	Shift-Command-I
Show colors window	Shift-Command-C
Hide Pages	Command-H
Hide other windows	Option-Command-H
Quit Pages	Command-Q

The key with the Apple  symbol on it is the Command key

To take pictures of your Mac Screen or a web page, press and hold down the Command key, then press and hold down the Shift key and then lastly press the numerical number 3, and the whole screen is captured. For a Mac OS X 10.2 and later the file is saved as a pdf.

To capture just part of the screen or a web page, press and hold down the Command key, then press and hold down the Shift key, then press the numerical number 4 and then drag to select the area that you want to capture.

To Copy and Paste: Click and drag on the specific targeted area, once it is highlighted then press down the Control and click to copy. To paste your target on another page or in the notepad, click and then hold down the Option key and click again to paste.

Other Key Functions:

By pressing the Control key plus either of the Arrow keys will send your project off-screen. And then by pressing on the appropriate Arrow key will restore your project back onscreen. This can also work by pressing the Control key plus the numerical numbers 2,3 or 4 which will take your project off-screen, and pressing the numerical number 1 will bring them back onscreen.

In the project that you are working in, by pressing the Command key plus the F5 key will turn on the Voice Command, by pressing the Command key plus the F5 key again will turn it off.

Press the Option key plus the F15 key to bring up Systems preferences.

Press both the F14 and the F15 keys to adjust brightness.

Pressing the F12 key loads up your widgets onscreen, if you're online

Pressing the F11 key takes up or takes your project off screen, and by pressing F11 again will bring everything back on screen.

Pressing the F10 key will darken the background screen and display the project that you are working on, but you will not be able to type or work on it unless the F10 key, the Space bar, the Return key or the Esc key are pressed to reset the screen.

Pressing the F9 key spreads your work out on the screen so that you know what projects you have open. Then you can choose a project to continue working with by using the Arrow keys to highlight the appropriate project. Then press the Enter key to bring the project to the fore.

Pressing the F8 key brings up the Four work Spaces. Press F9 to separate them, and then individually drag them into the empty boxes. To work on a particular project, just click on the appropriate box to open the project onscreen. To put everything back in the same box, just press F8 again and then simply drag everything into the original box and press the Enter key or the F8 key to reset all projects back onscreen.

PC Keyboard Shorcuts: Symbols

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Shortcuts to a windows PC keyboard: Hold down the Alt key while pressing the numerical numbers based at the right of the keyboard. (eg: Alt then 1 = ☺, or Alt then 270 = ♫, and so on......)

Shortcuts: Highlight the word and then hold the Control key plus the b key = Bold; Control plus i = italics; Control plus z = Undo; Control plus y = Redo.

1 = ☺	2 = ☻	3 = ♥	4 = ♦	5 = ♣	6 = ♠
7 = •	8 ◘	9 ○	10 ◙	11 ♂	12 = ♀
13 = ♪	14 = ♫	15 = ☼	16 = ►	17 = ◄	18 = ↕
19 = ‼	20 = ¶	21 = §	22 = ▬	23 = ↨	24 = ↑
25 = ↓	26 = →	27←	28 = ∟	29 = ↔	30 = ▲
31 = ▼	32 =	33 = !	34 = "	35 = #	36 = $
37 = %	38 = &	39 = '	40 = (	41 = )	42 = *
43 = +	44 = ,	45 = -	46 = .	47 = /	48 = 0
49 = 1	50 = 2	51 = 3	52 = 4	53 = 5	54 = 6
55 = 7	56 = 8	57 = 9	58 = :	59 = ;	60 = <
61 = =	62 = >	63 = ?	64 = @	65 = A	66 = B
67 = C	68 = D	69 = E	70 = F	71 = G	72 = H
73 = I	74 = J	75 = K	76 = L	77 = M	78 = N
79 = O	80 = P	81 = Q	82 = R	83 = S	84 = T
85 = U	86 = V	87 = W	88 = X	89 = Y	90 = Z
91 = [	92 = \	93 = ]	94 = ^	95 = _	96 = `
97 = a	98 = b	99 = c	100 = d	101 = e	102 = f
103 = g	104 = h	105 = i	106 = j	107 = k	108 = l
109 = m	110 = n	111 = o	112 = p	113 = q	114 = r
115 = s	116 = t	117 = u	118 = v	119 = w	120 = x
121 = y	122 = z	123 = {	124 = \|	125 = }	126 = ~
127 = ⌂	128 = Ç	129 = ü	130 = é	131 = â	132 = ä
133 = à	134 = å	135 = ç	136 = ê	137 = ë	138 = è
139 = ï	140 = î	141 = ì	142 = Ä	143 = Å	144 = É
145 = æ	146 = Æ	147 = ô	148 = ö	149 = ò	150 = û
151 = ù	152 = ÿ	153 = Ö	154 = Ü	155 = ¢	156 = £
157 = ¥	158 = ₧	159 = ƒ	160 = á	161 = í	162 = ó
163 = ú	164 = ñ	165 = Ñ	166 = ª	167 = º	168 = ¿
169 = ⌐	170 = ¬	171 = ½	172 = ¼	173 = ¡	174 = «
175 = »	176 = ░	177 = ▒	178 = ▓	179 = │	180 = ┤
181 = ╡	182 = ╢	183 = ╖	184 = ╕	185 = ╣	186 = ║
187 = ╗	188 = ╝	189 = ╜	190 = ╛	191 = ┐	192 = └
193 = ┴	194 = ┬	195 = ├	196 = ─	197 =	198 = ╞
199 = ╟	200 = ╚	201 = ╔	202 = ╩	203 = ╦	204 = ╠
205 = ═	206 = ╬	207 = ╧	208 = ╨	209 = ╤	300 = ,
301 = -	302 = .	303 = /	304 = 0	305 = 1	306 = 2
307 = 3	308 = 4	309 = 5	310 = 6	311 = 7	312 = 8
313 = 9	314 = :	315 = ;	316 = <	317 = =	318 >
319 = ?	320 = @	321 = A	322 = B	323 = C	324 = D
325 = E	326 = F	327 = G	328 = H	329 = I	330 = J
331 = K	332 = L	333 = M	334 = N	335 = O	336 = P
337 = Q	338 = R	339 = S	340 = T	341 = U	342 = V
343 = W	344 = X	345 = Y	346 = Z	347 = [	348 = \
349 = ]	350 = ^	351 = _	352 = `	353 = a	354 = b
355 = c	356 = d	357 = e	358 = f	359 = g	360 = h
361 = i	362 = j	363 = k	364 = l	365 = m	366 = n
367 = o	368 = p	369 = q	370 = r	371 = s	372 = t
373 = u	374 = v	375 = w	376 = x	377 = y	378 = z
379 = {	380 = \|	381 = }	382 = ~	383 = ⌂	384 = Ç
385 = ü	386 = é	387 = â	388 = ä	389 = à	390 = å
391 = ç	392 = ê	393 = ë	394 = è	395 = ï	396 = î
397 = ì	398 = Ä	399 = Å	400 = É	401 = æ	402 = Æ
403 = ô	404 = ö	405 = ò	406 = û	407 = ù	408 = ÿ
409 = Ö	410 = Ü	411 = ¢	412 = £	413 = ¥	414 = ₧
415 = ƒ	416 = á	417 = í	418 = ó	419 = ú	420 = ñ
421 = Ñ	422 = ª	423 = º	424 = ¿	425 = ⌐	426 = ¬
427 = ½	428 = ¼	429 = ¡	430 = «	431 = »	432 = ░
433 = ▒	434 = ▓	435 = │	436 = ┤	437 = ╡	438 = ╢
439 = ╖	440 = ╕	441 = ╣	442 = ║	443 = ╗	444 = ╝
445 = ╜	446 = ╛	447 = ┐	448 = └	449 = ┴	450 = ┬
451 = ├	452 = ─	453 = ┼	454 = ╞	455 = ╟	456 = ╚
457 = ╔	458 = ╩	459 = ╦	460 = ╠	461 = ═	462 = ╬
463 = ╧	464 = ╨	465 = ╤	466 = ╥	467 = ╙	468 = ╘
469 = ╒	470 = ╓	471 = ╫	472 = ╪	473 = ┘	474 = ┌
475 = █	476 = ▄	478 = ▐	479 = ▀	480 = α	481 = ß
482 = Γ	483 = π	484 = Σ	485 = σ	486 = µ	487 = τ
488 = Φ	489 = Θ	490 = Ω	491 = δ	492 = ∞	493 = φ
494 = ε	495 = ∩	496 = ≡	497 = ±	498 = ≥	499 = ≤
500 = ⌠	501 = ⌡	502 = ÷	503 = ≈	504 = °	505 = ∙
506 = ·	507 = √	508 = ⁿ	509 = ²	510 = ■

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PC Keyboard Shorcuts: Symbols