Episode 2: Keyboard Tricks
Dock:
The following keys will temporarily switch magnification on (if it is off, and vice versa).
control + shift
Slow:
Holding down shift whilst minimizing, maximizing, using spaces, exposé and dashboard will slow down the animation effects.
Special Characters:
Key – alt – alt+Shift
~ creates ` (after pressing alt+~ press a vowel to create a character like è)
1 – ¡ – ⁄
2 – ™ – €
3 – £ – ‹
4 – ¢ – ›
5 – ∞ – fi
6 – § – fl
7 – ¶ – ‡
8 – • – °
9 – ª – ·
0 – º – ‚
‘-’ – ‘–’ – ‘—’
= – ≠ – ±
Q – œ – Œ
W – ∑ – „
E creates ´ (after pressing alt+~ press a vowel to create a character like é) – ´
R – ® – ‰
T – † – ˇ
Y – ¥ – Á
U creates ¨ (after pressing alt+~ press a vowel to create a character like ü) – ¨
I creates ˆ (after pressing alt+~ press a vowel to create a character like î) – ˆ
O – ø – Ø
P – π – ∏
[ - “ - ”
] – ‘ – ’
\ – « – »
A – å – Å
S – ß – Í
D – ∂ – Î
F – ƒ – Ï
G – © – ˝
H – ˙ – Ó
J – ∆ – Ô
K – ˚ –
L – ¬ – Ò
; – … – Ú
‘ – æ – Æ
Z – Ω – ¸
X – ≈ – X
C – ç – Ç
V – √ – ◊
B – ∫ – ı
N creates ˜ (after pressing alt+~ press a vowel to create a character like ñ) – ˜
M – µ – Â
< – ≤ – ˘
> – ≥ – ˘
? – ÷ – ¿
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March 23, 2009 at 6:51 pm
I have just purchased my first mac and am loving it. Your videos have been very helpful. However I do have one question, how do you make the apple symbol? Thanks in advance for your help.