Hi Neil
Aha that was the problem. Try as I might following Ronni's "technical
symbols" suggestion I just could not find what I felt should be
obvious. I had View menu set to Roman, not realising I should adjust
that in any way. Bingo now I have it. Thank you.
Regards
Laura
On 15/06/2009, at 3:06 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
Hi Laura,
I like to have both "Character Palette" and "Keyboard Viewer" turned
on in
System Preferences > International - Input Menu.
I find "Keyboard Viewer" is useful to see how the different modifier
keys
work for character selection and to check key combinations for just
typing
things (like your Shift+Option+K = )
For tracking down obscure symbols though you can't beat "Character
Palette"
You also find that there are a lot of different options which limit or
expand the characters shown.
I don't really remember if Tiger was that different to Leopard but my
setup
to find the ⌘ was:
View: Set to "All Characters" - (View menu in top left of window)
Display set to "by Category" (options just below view menu)
Then in left pane open "Symbols" category which displays various Symbols
sub-categories - select "Technical Symbols" and (for me) ⌘ is at the
start
of the third line of displayed symbols.
If you had the view menu set to,say, "Roman" rather than "All
Characters"
you would find that you had much less options to choose from and
"Technical
Symbols" would not be available.
Cheers
Neil
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on 15/6/09 1:32 PM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Hi Ronni
I do have the Input Menu showing in my Menu bar but had chosen
Keyboard View rather than Character Palette. However there is still
no Technical Symbol option so maybe another Tiger/Leopard difference.
Thanks anyway.
Regards
Laura
On 15/06/2009, at 1:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Laura,
Good to hear your Photo Album project turned out well.
To type the Apple Command symbol:
Open the "Character Palette", then select Technical Symbols & you
will find it there ⌘
If you haven't got the "Input Menu" showing in your Menu bar on the
desktop.
Go to System Preferences > International - Input Menu and check
"Character Palette" & check "Show input Menu in Menu Bar.
International
Cheers,
Ronni
On 15/06/2009, at 12:51 PM, Laura Webb wrote:
Thanks Neil. I envy you having been able for so long to enjoy being
a Mac user. Some of us take a bit longer to learn about the finer
things in life :)
Perhaps your tip only applies to Leopard, I am still with Tiger.
Command-tab for me just brings up the dock while Command-tilde does
nothing at all. The same applies to Eugene's tip, it brings up the
dock.
I know that Shift+Option+K = but how do I type the Command
symbol? I've had a look at the Keyboard Viewer but not sure how it
works.
Regards
Laura
On 15/06/2009, at 11:22 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:
Hi Laura,
Congratulations on your successful publication!
One of the things I love about the Mac is how it allows you to be
creative
and even makes it fun :)
I have been using Macs now for at least 20 years but I'm still
constantly
amazed at finding new tips/tricks/features (and many from this list).
My latest:
Although I'd known for many years that ⌘tab cycled through your
open
applications, it was only recently that I learnt that ⌘~ cycled
through the
open windows of your current application - now I use it all the time!
(in case your mail browser doesn't display the symbol properly that's
Command-tab to cycle applications and Command-tilde to cycle windows)
Have fun!
Cheers
Neil
--
Neil R. Houghton
Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com
on 15/6/09 10:26 AM, Laura Webb at el...@iinet.net.au wrote:
Good morning all
Recently I was given a great deal of help with the scanning of
photos
that I wanted to use to make an on line photo album. Thanks to all
your advice, particularly Ronni, Neil and Susan, I have now created
my first photo book using Snapfish (recommended by Susan). It's a
great site and, interestingly, is now part of the iiNet freezone. I
arranged for the book to be forwarded direct to the recipient who is
delighted with the result. It's true that now having seen the
finished product I can see room for improvement with the next one
but
that's part of the learning process.
On a totally different subject, while searching for some information
on French train journeys and using a French language site, even
though my French is very basic, I saw alongside the result of one of
my searches what looked like the iCal icon. Curious, I clicked
on it
and am amazed to find that the information has been sent to iCal on
my Macbook, appearing on the appropriate date in September. Maybe
this is not news to all you very experienced Mac users but for me it
seemed like a small miracle!!
Regards
Laura
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