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.
sapper wrote:
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.
I am puzzled by what you mean by that. All three in your picture look the same, which is what you would expect. Or perhaps you are referring to using different fonts?
You will find that Apple applications, and those third-party applications that choose to incorporate it, place the Emoji's & Symbols (character viewer) menu item at the bottom of the Edit menu. The keyboard shortcut associated with that menu item is control+command+Spacebar.
If you wanted to discover all of the typographic variations on space, you would type that word in the search field of the character viewer. The center panel would have what appear to be empty locations, but when you click on them, you will see individual types of spaces (e.g. FOUR-PER-EM-SPACE). Double-clicking on any center panel character will insert it into your document at the insertion beam. This includes With characters in the System Preferences : Keyboard : Text panel.
Your settings are correct. But your option key does not work right. It is supposed to let you type a special character on every key, as shown below. It must broken.
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:
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.
PS I have seen an image for an Irish keyboard which suggests that caps lock option g might type ©
Peter
So which country is the Mac keyboard from, and did anything I suggest work for you?
Peter
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
Did you try the option key on the right of your keyboard?
It is odd that none of the alternates work.
Peter
Again I ask.
Have you tried the alternate option key on the other side of the keyboard?
Peter
To Sapper:
Thank you sooooooo much for this info. It is so cool.
Option (Alt) + 1 = ©
I tried Peter's trick and went through pretty much the whole keyboard trying Option + different letters before I found it. 🙂
Pedro
pedrohe wrote:
Option (Alt) + 1 = ©
What language keyboard layout are you using?
For US it is always option/alt + g. For Spanish ISO, it is option/alt + c.
How to type the copyright symbol on Mac pro keyboard
