Heidi Thomas of The Blood-Red Pencil posted today about the correct way to type punctuation that is not listed on PC keyboards (specifically, the backwards apostrophe and the em-dash).
My previous career as a computer graphics artist and typesetter qualifies me to do the same for Mac users, plus a few more handy little keyboard tricks that I have found useful when typing my manuscripts. (The = sign and commas are just for clarity – don’t type them):
é = option e, e
ü = option u, u
ñ = option n, n
ç = option c
— (em dash) = option shift hyphen
° (degree sign) = option shift 8
© = option G
“ = option [
” = option shift [
‘ = option ]
’ = option shift ]
¢ = option 4
… = option ;
™ = option 2
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Happy typing! 🙂
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Awesome! I always wondered how to make the backwards apostrophe! 🙂 Thanks!
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You’re so much smarter than me!
Thanks for looking out for us little people.
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Thanks,
This reminds me of an old book that I used to have called The Mac is Not a Typewriter.
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Until now, the “em” in em dash stood for mystery!
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