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To use alt key codes for keyboard shortcut symbols you’ll need to have this enabled. ... Mac has a wonderful built-in shortcut system for accents on individual letters, or Maccents, if you will ...
Mac users, however, can write the correct accented character by pressing ⇧ Shift + ⌥ Option + E or, in the usual Mac way, by pressing the correct key for the accent (in this case Alt + 9) and subsequently pressing the wanted letter (in this case ⇧ Shift + E). Linux users can also write it by pressing the è key with ⇪ Caps Lock enabled.
Enter a Unicode character using an Alt code (Windows operating system), the Option key (Macintosh computer), or Unicode combination (Linux). Some keyboards have a Compose key that provides similar functionality with some other operating systems. Lists of Alt codes and Option key combinations are given in sources linked under External links.
Mac users, however, can write the correct accented character by pressing ⇧ Shift+⌥ Option+E or, in the usual Mac way, by pressing the correct key for the accent (in this case Alt+9) and subsequently pressing the wanted letter (in this case ⇧ Shift+E). Linux users can also write it by pressing the è key with ⇪ Caps Lock enabled.
COMMAND. ACTION. Ctrl/⌘ + C. Select/highlight the text you want to copy, and then press this key combo. Ctrl/⌘ + F. Opens a search box to find a specific word, phrase, or figure on the page
A numeric character reference refers to a character by its Universal Character Set/Unicode code point, and a character entity reference refers to a character by a predefined name. A numeric character reference uses the format &#nnnn; or &#xhhhh; where nnnn is the code point in decimal form, and hhhh is the code point in hexadecimal form.
The Alt key method does not work on ChromeOS, macOS, Linux or other operating systems and there is no evidence of interest in replicating it. However, numeric entry of Unicode characters is possible in most Unix or Unix-like OSs by pressing and releasing Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + U , and typing the hex number followed by the space bar or enter key.
Mark Name Code point General Category Script; Pd, dash - HYPHEN-MINUS U+002D: Pd, dash ... Closing quotation mark. May behave like Ps or Pe depending on usage Pc: