Question mark on ABNT2 Portuguese layout

zz8daniel wrote:

How can a make a question mark (?) with the Brazil ABNT2 Portuguese keyboard?

Option/alt W.

If that does not work, what do you get?

Use the Keyboard Viewer on Mac - Apple Support

zz8daniel wrote:

Hi Tom Gewecke. Option W opened the Help menu. Other ideas? Thanks.

What help menu exactly? What app? Does it do that here in Safari or another Apple app? Option should always give you a character unless you have used settings to switch Option to do Command or Control instead.

What do you get for Option E, R, or T. It should be € ® ŧ

Incrível wrote:

Any other thoughts?

If this is about google docs, one fix would be to create a custom layout that puts ? on a different key. An app that lets you do this pretty easily is

https://software.sil.org/ukelele/

Consider using LibreOffice, OnlyOffice or OpenOffice instead of Google Docs. Each are stand alone open source versions of Microsoft Office which are not dependent on the whims of the shortcuts of the web browser. You can still follow up with an upload of the document saved as a Word compatible or Excel compatible document from the open source software to your Google Docs folder for sharing with other people who you share with.

Incrível wrote:

The only solution I found it is using the fn button to change between ABNT2/US.

fn (ABNT2 to US): shift+?

fn (US to ABNT2): typing back in Portuguese.

Are you talking about the google docs issue where option w is used for something other than a letter?

First try option-shift-W, then FN-W.

The only solution I found it is using the fn button to change between ABNT2/US.

fn (ABNT2 to US): shift+?

fn (US to ABNT2): typing back in Portuguese.

Any other thoughts?

zz8daniel wrote:

I've been typing in a Google Doc in Safari, so Option W opens the Help menu there.

Is there a way to change that shortcut in Google Docs? Apple always uses option plus character for special characters, so apps should instead use Control or Command for menu shortcuts.

Thanks for posting the keyboard, too. Do you have a link for it?

It is just a picture I took on my machine using Keyboard Viewer.

Use the Keyboard Viewer on Mac - Apple Support

PS In case it is useful, this is what Brazilian ABNT2 should produce with the option ⌥ key held down.

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