I'm in the process of copyrighting most of my photos. I have a basic template, but would rather use the copyright symbol, i.e. the letter 'C' in a circle.
Macworld advises pressing Opt + G, but this just types up a G. I use one of the older keyboards like this:
iMac (20-inch Early 2008), OS X Mavericks (10.9), HP3310 A-I-O
Sorry, forgot to mention. 🙂 I'm using a Finnish keyboard.
Also, what I meant to point out was that no matter what language keyboard layout you use, it's easy to find the right key by simply trying (option/alt + any key). For me, being a rookie with Mac, that was a new discovery and I also found some other new commands for different symbols, which was nice. 😀
Pedro
If you would like to see a chart of what each key does, under option and option plus shift, you may find the Keyboard Viewer useful:
By default, Mavericks has a text replacement for the copyright symbol in the form of the three character sequence: (c). You can see this in System Preferences > Keyboard > Text. In Pages, you will need:
Edit > Substitutions > Text Replacement enabled for this to work.
I realize that your photo is of an older keyboard that pre-dated the flat, aluminum one on which I now type. The sequence for copyright is first the option key, followed by g. Just checking.
You can also direct-inject the copyright symbol from the Special Characters palette (control+command+space). This will be in the Letterlike Symbols, or Letterlike Symbols - All categories in the Special Characters gear selector > Customize List… > Symbols. Position your cursor where you want it in the document, and then double-click (or drag/drop) the copyright sign in Special Characters. It will appear in your document.
That by rights should work. Check what's on the keyboard viewer. Another way would be to use the character viewer, do a search for copyright and the correct symbol should appear ©.
Many thanks. Must admit, I never knew about the character viewer. I consider myself truly enlightened, but only as far as this query goes.
Situation resolved. You were beaten to the post by just 1 minute. Thanks anyway.
With the USA/Australian keyboard just type it:
option g = ©
option 2 = ™
option r = ®
I notice you have a European keyboard of some description. Try the same combinations or experiment.
What I do to discover the majority of characters is to place the cursor in some text then run my finger across the keyboard along each row with alternatively no supplementary key, the shift key, the option key and then the shift option keys held down. All is then revealed.
Peter
PS I have seen an image for an Irish keyboard which suggests that caps lock option g might type ©
Peter
many thanks, Peter. The keyboard was the one that came with my 1st G% iMac, so it may well be a 'European' standard for Mac's.
It certainly has a number of keys in different places than, for instance, a German keyboard. It's always useful to know these little things.
So which country is the Mac keyboard from, and did anything I suggest work for you?
Peter
sapper wrote:
many thanks, Peter. The keyboard was the one that came with my 1st G% iMac, so it may well be a 'European' standard for Mac's.
The hardware keyboard really doesn't matter. As long as you have your Input Source set to US, option plus g should produce ©. Are there any other keys where option does not work right? For example, option plus asdf should give you åß∂ƒ.
Hi Tom, I haven't tried any other key combinations. My keyboard is set to British, mainly because that's where I reside. I can select from British, British PC, French, German and Spanish from my toolbar dropdown list.
Option plus asdf gives me asdf. Even with the German keyboard selected, I still get asdf.
Many thanks for your reply.
It is possible your option key is dead.
Try the one on the other side of your keyboard (there are a pair of command, option, shift & control keys).
Peter
It's a possibility, but I found it by using 'ctrl cmd space' which threw up this little window showing all the wee things that aren't in the font library
If I click on the clock icon, up comes the © symbol, so all is good.
Did you try the option key on the right of your keyboard?
It is odd that none of the alternates work.
Peter
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