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Option or Alt Key Shortcuts to Insert Symbols in Mac OS X

Option or Alt key is one of the hidden gems in Apple keyboard used very less by
most of the Mac users. Besides many keyboard shortcuts, option key in combination with other keys can be used to insert special symbols like trademark,
copyright or currencies in text editing apps like Pages, Notes, TextEdit or when typing emails. Here is the complete list of keyboard shortcuts for
inserting symbols using option or alt key in Mac OS X. Use the search box to find to filter the results in the table
Option Key Combination

Symbol

Symbol Description

Option + 1

Inverted Exclamation Mark

Option + 4

Cent Symbol

Option + 3

Pound Sterling Symbol

Option + y

Japanese Yen Symbol

Option + 6

Section Sign

Option + Shift + u

Diaeresis

Option + u

Diaeresis

Option + g

Copyright

Option + 9

Feminine Ordinal Indicator

Option + \

Double Left Angle Quotation Mark

Option + l

Not Sign

Option + r

Registered

Option + Shift + ,

Macron

Option + Shift + 8

Degree

Option + Shift + =

Plus or Minus

Option + e

Acute Accent

Option + Shift + e

Acute Accent

Option + m

Micron or Micro Sign

Option + 7

Paragraph or Pilcrow sign

Option + Shift + 9

Dot Center

Option + Shift + z

Cedilla

Option + 0

Masculine Ordinal Indicator

Option + Shift + \

Double Right Angle Quotation Mark

Option + Shift + /

Inverted Question Mark

Option + s

Latin Small Letter Sharp S or German Eszett (Scharfes S)

Option + Shift + y

Latin Capital A with Acute

Option + Shift + m

Latin Capital A with Circumflex

Option + a

Latin Lowercase A with Ring Above

Option + Shift + a

Latin Uppercase A with Ring Above

Option + Shift +

Latin Capital Letter

Option +

Latin Small Letter

Option + c

Latin Small Letter C with Cedilla

Option + Shift + c

Latin Capital Letter C with Cedilla

Option + Shift + s

Latin Capital Letter I with Acute

Option + Shift + d

Latin Capital Letter I with Circumflex

Option + Shift + f

Latin Capital Letter I with Diaeresis

Option + Shift + l

Latin Capital Letter O with Grave

Option + Shift + h

Latin Capital Letter O with Acute

Option + Shift + j

Latin Capital Letter O with Circumflex

Option + /

Divided by or Division Sign

Option + o

Latin Small Letter O with Stroke

Option + Shift + o

Latin Capital Letter O with Stroke

Option + Shift + ;

Latin Capital Letter U with Acute

Option + Shift + b

Latin Small Letter Dotless I

Option + q

Latin Small Ligature OE

Option + Shift + q

Latin Capital Ligature OE

Option + f

Latin Small Letter f with Hook or Florin Symbol or Function

Option + i

Circumflex

Option + Shift + i

Circumflex

Option + Shift + t

Caron or hek or Wedge or Inverted Circumflex or Inverted Hat

Option Key Combination

Symbol

Symbol Description

Option + Shift + .

Breve

Option + h

Superscript Dot or Dot Above

Option + k

Ring Above

Option + Shift + x

Ogonek

Option + n

Small Tilde

Option + Shift + n

Small Tilde

Option + Shift + g

Double Acute Accent

Option + p

Greek Small Letter Pi

Option + z

Ohm or Greek Capital Letter Omega

Option + -

En Dash

Option + Shift + -

Em Dash

Option + ]

Apostrophe or Left Single Quote

Option + Shift + ]

Right Single Quote

Option + Shift + 0

Comma

Option + [

Left Double Quote

Option + Shift + [

Right Double Quote

Option + Shift + w

Double Quote

Option + t

Dagger or Plus or Cross

Option + Shift + 7

Doble Dagger

Option + 8

Bullet

Option + ;

Horizontal Ellipsis

Option + Shift + r

Per Mille Sign

Option + Shift + 3

Single Left Angle Quotation Mark

Option + Shift + 4

Single Right Angle Quotation Mark

Option + Shift + 1

Slash or Forward Slash or Right Slash

Option + Shift + 2

Euro Symbol

Option + 2

Trademark

Option + d

Partial Differential

Option + j

Triangle or Increment

Option + Shift + p

N-ary product Symbol

Option + w

Sigma or Sum or N-ary Summation

Option + v

Square Root Math Symbol

Option + 5

Infinity

Option + b

Integral Symbol

Option + x

Approximate or Almost Equal to

Option + =

Not Equal to

Option + ,

Lesser than or Equal to

Option + .

Greater than or Equal to

Option + Shift + v

Diamond or Lozenge

Option + Shift + k

Apple Logo Symbol

Option + Shift + 5

Latin Small Ligature FI

Option + Shift + 6

Latin Small Ligature FL

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