On apple Keyboard Alt key is also know as Option Key.
Elliott Roper wrote:
> In article
> <copespaz-EA89E0.18331214052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, MC
> <copespaz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>=20
>> In article <ee9b745.1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> akleslie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>
>>> I"m using OS X 10.4.11 and my word is the 2008 version (12.0.1). On m=
y=20
>>> previous word application, I could select "Insert" and then "Symbol".=
This
>>> no=20
>>> longer appears in "Insert" from the bar across the top of the screen =
that=20
>>> lists "File, Edit, View, Insert" etc.
>>>
>>> It should be a simple process to insert an em dash into a word do***e=
nt,
>>> but=20
>>> I'm unable to find how to do this in my latest version of word. Even =
when i=20
>>> search for "insert em dash" in help, nothing comes up, except some wa=
ys to=20
>>> insert Japanese symbols.
>> I've got it mapped to Cmd-****ft-0 [zero] -- but I can't remember how i=
t=20
>> got there!
>=20
> The standard Macintosh keystroke for an em dash is alt ****ft hyphen =97=
> in any application =97 (I'm still on Word 2004, so please check it's go=
od
> in 2008.) Have a look at the keyboard viewer for more similar goodness.=
>=20
> For the original poster:-
> If you want really esoteric characters, then Apple's Character Palette
> should be your weapon of choice. It is a big scary thing at first, but
> it is far more versatile than any other insert symbol nonsense.
> If you want to insert glyphs from the keyboard frequently, then Word's
> autocorrect (possibly consider formatted variation for glyphs only
> present in a few fonts) is your friend. Insert glyph in Word doc,
> select it *then* get into the autocorrect setup panel.
>=20
> I did this with all the Apple keyboard symbols for writing howtos. I
> found the convention Microsoft starts you off with to be quite neat =97=
> stick something memorable in parentheses e.g. "(up)" for the page up
> arrow with the bars across it, or "(cmd)" for that "place of interest
> sign" that Apple is so fond of.
>=20
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