Shortcuts for Symbols
Symbols are commonly used in all sorts of documents, from legal symbols to scientific ones. That's why most fonts have a selection of popular symbols built in. Table 41-1 shows the common symbols for Windows and Macintosh fonts.
| Character | Mac Shortcut | Windows Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Legal | ||
| Copyright (‚) | Option+G | Shift+Alt+C or Ctrl+Alt+C or Alt+0169 |
| Registered trademark (‚) | Option+R | Shift+Alt+R or Alt+0174 |
| Trademark () | Option+2 | Shift+Alt+2 or Alt+0153 |
| Paragraph (‚) | Option+7 | Shift+Alt+7 or Ctrl+Alt+; or Alt+0182 |
| Section (‚§) | Option+6 | Shift+Alt+6 or Alt+0167 |
| Dagger (‚ ) | Option+T | Shift+Alt+T or Alt+0134 |
| Double dagger (‚) | Option+Shift+T | Alt+0135 |
| Currency | ||
| Cent (‚) | Option+4 | Alt+0162 |
| Euro () | Option+Shift+2 | Alt+Ctrl+5 |
| Pound sterling (‚& pound ;) | Option+3 | Alt+0163 |
| Yen (‚) | Option+Y | Ctrl+Alt+- (hyphen) or Alt+0165 |
| Punctuation | ||
| En bullet (‚) | Option+8 | Alt+8 or Alt+0149 |
| Thin bullet (‚·) | not supported* | Alt+0183 |
| Ellipsis (...) | Option+; (semicolon) | Alt+0133 |
| Measurement | ||
| Foot (') | Control+" | Ctrl+" |
| Inch (") | Control+Shift+" | Ctrl+Alt+" |
| Mathematics | ||
| One-half fraction (‚½) | not supported | Ctrl+Alt+6 or Alt+0189 |
| One-quarter fraction (‚¼) | not supported | Ctrl+Alt+7 or Alt+0188 |
| Three- quarters fraction (‚¾) | not supported | Ctrl+Alt+8 or Alt+0190 |
| Infinity ( ‚ ) | Option+5 | not supported |
| Multiplication (x) | not supported | Ctrl+Alt+= or Alt+0215 |
| Division (ƒ·) | Option+/ | Alt+0247 |
| Root () | Option+V | not supported |
| Greater than or equal to ( ‚³ ) | Option+> | not supported |
| Less than or equal to ( ‚ ) | Option+< | not supported |
| Inequality ( ‚¹ ) | Option+= | not supported |
| Rough equivalence ( = ) | Option+X | not supported |
| Plus or minus (‚±) | Option+Shift+= | Alt+0177 |
| Logical not (‚) | Option+L | Ctrl+Alt+\ or Alt+0172 |
| Per mil (‚°) | Option+Shift+R | Alt+0137 |
| Degree (‚°) | Option+Shift+8 | Alt+0176 |
| Mathematics | ||
| Function () | Option+F | Alt+0131 |
| Integral ( ƒ² ) | Option+B | not supported |
| Variation ( ‚ ) | Option+D | not supported |
| Greek beta (ƒ) | Option+S | not supported |
| Greek mu (‚µ) | Option+M | Alt+0181 |
| Greek Pi ( P ) | Option+Shift+P | not supported |
| Greek pi ( p ) | Option+P | not supported |
| Greek Sigma ( S ) | Option+W | not supported |
| Greek Omega ( W ) | Option+Z | not supported |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Apple logo () | Option+Shift+K | not supported |
| Light (‚) | not supported | Ctrl+Alt+4 or Alt+0164 |
| Open diamond ( ƒ ) | Option+Shift+V | not supported |
