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Old August 4th, 2005, 05:06 PM
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I cannot find a way using Apple's built-in tools to show me the keyboard shortcut for this character: ?

I had to use the "insert" option from the character palette.

You'd think, given how thorough the character palete actually is, that Apple would have included keyboard shortcuts somewhere in there, but I can't find the list.

Here are some other options maybe:

Font Safari (not actually available yet it seems)
http://dreystone.com/products.php?app=FTSF

PopChar
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14804
PopChar shows you the keyboard shortcut for any given font character, but it seems incomplete. Many characters don't have a shortcut. Is this because there simply is not shortcut, or is PopChar incomplete? I don't know.

Apple's Built-In "Keyboard Viewer" shows you various keyboard shortcuts for alternate fonts, but it's very limited.

Here's another work around:

Use a macro utility like this:
TypeIt4Me
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12930

You install this app and then tell it what series of keys you want to type certain things. So you could tell it that every time you type "eee" it should instead type ?. It's very cool. Very handy for other stuff, like common names and phrases you might use a lot. Like my company name is Mindbend, Inc. so I when I type mmm it spits out Mindbend, Inc. instead. Way cool.



But in the end, I would still like to know if there's a built-in shortcut for this character: ? (and all the others for that matter), cuz I can't find it.
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