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    ascii on macbook

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by myshkin, Aug 27, 2007.

  1. myshkin

    myshkin Notebook Consultant

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    is ther a way to use ascii symbols on macbook without having numeric pad?
     
    myshkin, Aug 27, 2007
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    myshkin Notebook Consultant

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    specifically ñ
     
    myshkin, Aug 27, 2007
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    I assume you would want to type something like ALT-164 for ñ. On the Mac, the way you get accented characters is to hold down the Alt key, then type a character that displays the accent, then type the vowel or letter that you want to have accented. Alt-E will display an acute accent, Alt-backtick will display a grave accent, Alt-U will display an umlaut, Alt-I will display a circumflex, and Alt-N will display a tilde. So ñ can be typed as Alt-N n.

    Hope this helps.
     
    midtoad, Aug 27, 2007
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  4. myshkin

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    thanks soooo much man , you are a rockstar
     
    myshkin, Aug 27, 2007
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