Can't insert Special Characters/Emoji/Symbols to any document

prismalight wrote:

I found the secret answer! From any text field, press the Command, Control, & Space keys at the same time and the Emoji selector will magically appear :-)

That's good, but nobody in this discussion had any trouble getting it to "appear": Their problem was that after it appeared they could not get the symbols input into an app via the normal ways -- double clicking or drag drop or copy/paste. Hopefully that is all working correctly for you.

Actually, I couldn’t get it to work by the traditional method, either, i.e. select Emoji & Symbols from the Finder menu, then copy & paste or drag & drop the symbol you want. I found this discussion while I was googling around for a solution. I think you will find that if you don’t choose Emoji & Symbols from the Finder menu, but instead position the cursor in any text field and press Command-Control-Space, the Emoji selector will pop up and you can double click on a symbol to insert it. Sorry I forgot to mention the double click part.

prismalight wrote:

if you don’t choose Emoji & Symbols from the Finder menu, but instead position the cursor in any text field and press Command-Control-Space, the Emoji selector will pop up and you can double click on a symbol to insert it.

How about if you Choose Emoji & Symbols from the Edit menu of the App you are working in? Doesn't that work OK?

This response is the modern-day equivalent to calling up a store in the pre-internet days, asking if they could provide you with the goods or services you wanted or needed in a timely manner, being told "No," and then being told the following by the same brain surgeon who against all odds had somehow managed to figure out how to answer the phone and then speak English in a complete sentence:

"You could try looking in the Yellow Pages."

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This is a really frustrating bug. I too have no problem getting emoji to appear; but clicking, double clicking, pasting or whatever will not insert them in a doc, or anything else. You mentioned. Abeshoner mentioned removing Webroot. Can you, or someone else, elaborate?

(I made an account just to answer this) I figured it out! For those who have Webroot, click on the little icon on your menu bar (very top-right of your screen) and there should be an option that says "Pause Secure Keyboard Entry." Click on that and make sure there's a check mark next to it. Then you should be able to paste an emoji with a single click! I guess Webroot doesn't allow emojis?

I have found that Insert / Symbol / Advanced Symbols allows you to insert most common symbols that you might want to insert in everday Word documents - granted, not a perfect solution or as robust option-wise as Symbol Browser, but better than nothing.

Thanks! This is exactly what I needed.

YEPPP!!! At the top right of my Safari Browser is the Big Green Circle with Black W. Drop down menu when I clicked on it. Checked off Pause Secure Keyboard Entry. Went back to Twitter to key in a tweet. Hit Command Control Spacebar and pick my now cranky face symbol -- two hours figuring this out. Thank you for posting your answer, which I wouldn't have figured out in a hundred years, nor would the Geek Squad. Not even sure AppleCare would. Seriously Webroot.... Emojis are a threat?! ARGHHHH. This is my first MAC product. Everything is new!!! This has been the first 'hard' thing I have encountered and it is not Apple's fault! 🙂

I'm curious: How did you wind up with Webroot on your machine? Certainly apple doesn't put it there.

I'm pretty sure the "Characters" tool is a "input method extension". That has frequently been one of the attack vectors for the (rare) trojans that have appeared with the mac over the years. An input method extension can both generate and _intercept_ keyboard strokes, including entered passwords. So, Webroot goes ahead and disables them all and/or provides a different input communication channel (as well as possibly introducing its own vulnerabilities 😉 )

For me, this Mac is a corporate-owned computer, so has a bunch of security junk on it.

This did the trick! That you so much!!!

Did the Trick! Thank you 🙂

You do not double-click on the large symbol displayed on the right of the Character viewer. You double-click on the symbol found in the middle screen area of the Character viewer panel.