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
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.
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.
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
Hi Tom, as far as admin goes on my Mac, there is only me. I am in a home environment, and I am God where this unit is concerned (well, perhaps not
so omnipotent as I would like, but you catch my drift?)
Here's what comes up when I open System prefs>keyboard>keyboard modifier:
I see little point in changing the function of those keys, especially the opt and cmd keys, unless you can advise me differently.
By the way, each of those keys is 4 way changeable, i.e. when either choice is clicked, it gives the other 3 options plus 'No action'.
Over to you.
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
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.
I've since found out that typing using the ctrl, command and spacebar together shows you a set of emoticons etc and there are about a dozen variations of the copyright symbol.
These are my current favourites. There are hundreds more. Hope that helps.
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.
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.
sapper wrote:
Option plus asdf gives me asdf.
That's totally abnormal, unless perhaps someone went to system preferences/keyboard/keyboard/modifier keys and changed the standard function of the Option key to something else.
Hi Tom, thanks for that. It appears my keyboard may be at fault, but those symbols, for the most part, re mathematic/geometry symbols
for which I have very little use. I have achieved my goal in finding the copyright, which is all I needed as far as this thread goes.
For what it's worth, I will endeavour to seek out a replacement keyboard, but not one of those 'miniature' ones currently available.
Yes, Peter, I tried the other option key, and no: it made no difference, per my reply to Tom Gewecke.
I will attempt to source a replacement, but I'm not aiming at the new wafer thin ones.
Come to think of it: because I have achieved what I originally began thread for, I don't really see any point in replacing what I have, until it's time to uprate to a new computer.
Thanks all the same, but I think this is the time to end this thread.
I asked because you never said.
If all your modifier keys don't work, then it is something in software.
My guess a 3rd party app, keyboard shortcut or hack that is interfering and capturing the keystrokes.
3/4 of the characters on your keyboard lie under the modifier keys.
Peter
When I type (c) in Apple Mail on iMac, it converts that to the copyright symbol, which is what I want most of the time. What is the "correct" way to prevent that replacement for just one occurence, e.g., when I want to type the IRS designation 501(c)(3)? The only way I've found is to type a space in the middle and then go back and delete the space. Is there a better way?
Kenneth Winiecki wrote:
When I type (c) in Apple Mail on iMac, it converts that to the copyright symbol, which is what I want most of the time. What is the "correct" way to prevent that replacement for just one occurence, e.g., when I want to type the IRS designation 501(c)(3)?
You could go to Edit > Substitutions and uncheck the item for Text Replacement. But then you have to check it again for your desired behavior. Your extra space workaround is probably quicker.
Or you could change the entry in the Text Replacement schedule (system prefs/keyboard/text) so that you need to type something different for copyright.
How to type the copyright symbol on Mac pro keyboard
