I am trying to type special characters in a pages document. But the character just repeats when I hold it down and doesn't bring up all the accents you can use. What do I need to change?
MacBook Air
There are different instructions based on version macOS and earlier Mac OS X.
Some are combined, such as this:
• How to use emoji, accents, and symbols on your Mac - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201586
"..Press and hold a key until its alternate characters appear, then click or type the
number under the character that you want to use. If no additional characters are
available for the key that you're holding, the accent menu doesn't appear. If you
decide that you don't want to type an accented character after holding a key,
press the Esc (escape).. "
• A Guide to Special Characters on Your Mac
https://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/a-guide-to-special-characters-on-your-mac--mac
• Type special characters in OS X | Macworld
https://www.macworld.com/article/2036310/type-special-characters-in-os-x.html
• How To Type Special Keyboard Symbols On Mac - Setapp
https://setapp.com/how-to/type-special-keyboard-symbols-on-mac
The Character Viewer and also Keyboard Viewer in macOS can also be useful here.
Good luck & happy trails!🌞
EliasWilliams wrote:
I think you should know that it works fine when I use the Guest account on my computer
Sometimes the only way to fix it is to move to a new account, if you have tried all the ideas at places like this
Special character problems
