Option(Alt)+/ will get you there. If you fire up Keyboard Viewer you'll be able to see what symbols you can get when pressing a combination of keys e.g Option+key, Option
Shiftkey etc etc
Hehe... what you (inadvertantly) did is enable the Zoom feature. You did this by pressing Command(Apple)
Option(Alt)8. Pressing that key combination again will disable the Zoom effect.
Do the following:
1. From the menubar select the International menu (it's the one with the flag on the right hand side of the menubar)
2. Select
Show Keyboard Viewer
If you do not see the Keyboard Viewer in the International menu simply select
Open International... and, from the Input Menu tab, tick Keyboard Viewer. It will now be visible from the International menu.
That's it. You'll now see the Keyboard Viewer and by pressing either Shift or Option(alt) or a combination of those keys you'll see different sympols appear on the keyboard viewer. Simply identify which one you want, locate the particular key on your keyboard and simply press the key combination to get it.
Hey Red, if I didn't know you better, I'd think this was a cruel joke:-)
Well here goes the last adventure:
<Hi again Ian,
Hehe... what you (inadvertantly) did is enable the Zoom feature. You did this by pressing Command(Apple)
Option(Alt)8. Pressing that key combination again will disable the Zoom effect.
Do the following:
1. From the menubar select the International menu (it's the one with the flag on the right hand side of the menubar)
2. Select Show Keyboard Viewer
If you do not see the Keyboard Viewer in the International menu simply select Open International... and, from the Input Menu tab, tick Keyboard Viewer.
*GOT THIS FAR BUT DON'T SEE THE KEYBOARD?
*
It will now be visible from the International menu.
*GOT A FEELING THAT AFTER TICKING THE KEYBOARD VIEWER SOME OTHER ACTION MUST BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO SEE THE KEYBOARD VIEWER?
*
That's it. You'll now see the Keyboard Viewer and by pressing either Shift or Option(alt) or a combination of those keys you'll see different sympols appear on the keyboard viewer. Simply identify which one you want, locate the particular key on your keyboard and simply press the key combination to get it.?
Hey Red, if I didn't know you better, I'd think this was a cruel joke:-)
Cruel Joke?!?! Me?
Naaahhhh 😉
When you select International (the flag) from the menubar, can you tell me exactly all the options you see? Can you also tell me what keyboard layout you are using (Is the flag American, British etc)?
I'm going to give up on attempting to find that division symbol.
Now I lost the keyboard and retracing my steps did not bring it back:-(
Too many hours in search of something that I should have able to access instantaneously tells me that I have no aptitude for computers and explains why I am not a computer fan.
Some day, maybe Apple Computer Geniuses will sell a Mac for dummies whereby math symbols will be super easy to locate.
I wonder if I might be able to jump in and help here.
I've followed Red's steps and managed to find the division sign, so I'll try and explain how I did it.
As you've done, go to the International System Preferences. Select the 'Input Menu' tab/button.
You should then see a list of languages and flags etc., but at the top of the list should be the 'keyboard viewer' option. Select it by clicking the 'On' tickbox on the far left. Make sure also that the option at the bottom of the pane 'Show input menu in menu bar' is also selected.
If it wasn't there already there will be a flag in your menu bar. Click on it, and one of the menu listings should be 'Keyboard viewer'. Click on it to open the viewer.
What looks like a miniature keyboard appears. It allows you to try out various modifier keys (alt, command, ctrl, shift, etc) to see what effect that has on the character that will be inputted. If you try holding down alt, you should see that the '/' key becomes '÷', so you know that alt+/ will give you ÷.
One caveat, though. I think both Red and I are using a British keyboard; this maybe why the wrong symbol is being produced for you. In any case, keyboard viewer should let you see what does what.
W, in appreciation of your kind offer to help, I will give this project another shot and follow your instructions as best I can.
I will let you know the result.
Thank you,
Ian
P.S. You have to admit, W, that if you were to tell someone of the steps required to perform this task and then asked them what task it was that you were attempting to accomplish they probably say "Solving The Da Vinci Code" :-))