list of optional characters for keys on keyboard

marion bfrommaryville wrote:

Is there a list of how the optional characters for the keyboard keys are accessed?

I have never seen a full list for Option and Option Shift, which would be over 200 I think. But you can see everything and even input them directly via the Keyboard Viewer:

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-the-keyboard-viewer-on-mac-mchlp1015/11.0/mac/11.0

There are way too many symbols and alternate letters to list.

Use the Emoji & Symbols Viewer and the Keyboard Viewer to find optional characters.

Use emoji and symbols on Mac - Apple Support

Use the Keyboard Viewer on Mac - Apple Support

marion bfrommaryville wrote:

Thank you very much. Your answer was very helpful.

For more info on characters you can make via dead keys on the US layout, see

https://sites.psu.edu/symbolcodes/mac/codemac/

Does this help?

How do you enter Unicode characters? - Apple Community

If not, can you give more details?