Hi. I have a new MacBook Air. I am going to use it to connect to our windows server. My problem is how I make a backslash. I have tried shift alt : but it does not work. I also tried alt < or alt shift < but it does not help. What shall I do??????
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Vivimagic wrote:
I am just sharing what worked for me on a VM machine. I have however noticed that this an post for Mac OS Lion, and my method worked on Mac OS El Capitan, so my comment might be in the wrong section.
Thanks for the clarification, I understand now, that is where you would likely find backslash on British Windows.
I don't think the OS version would matter, keyboard layouts almost never change. But the question actually related to using a Danish keyboard to log into a Windows server, and was answered (shift-alt-7) 5 years ago. The forum software sometimes makes it hard to see the entire discussion.
This in English for the international users :-)
I am using Parallels desktop, but I can't get the \ to the virtual machine
I have tried all different kinds of combinations with Shift / control / option / command - It doesn't work for me.
On our DK keyboard there isn't a ALT button
/Stine
from DK :-)
I found that on the British Mac Keyboard it is the key onto the left of the key marked z, which is located here:
That was my first thought, then I realized that he may be on a Norwegian Keyboard.
If so, then alt-7 or alt-shift-7 or alt-shift-/ may work for the backslash
I think this is valid for some apps only, the ones having their custom shortcuts, like Xpress or InDesign.
Thanks for yru answer. I am using a danish keyboard and I now I think that I found it: shift+alt+7
mikaelfromKøge
Thanks for yru answer. I am using a danish keyboard and I now I think that I found it: shift+alt+7
mikaelfromKøge
The alt-shift-7 that I suggested is the same as shift+alt+7
For AZERTY (French) keyboards MAC Airbook 2014 it was alt+shift+/, thanks!
If any other app, but not MS Office or Excel, is OK, check setting in MS suite, their apps have such specific settings.
stinejh1980 wrote:
On our DK keyboard there isn't a ALT button
ALT and Option are the same thing.
How to type a backlash on Mac
