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Jim Kahler Author

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How do I type a macron over a letter? (long o)

How do I type a macron over a letter? (long o)

Posted on Nov 11, 2015 3:17 PM

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Shane Henderson

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Posted on Nov 20, 2015 10:51 AM

Couple options. You can either hold down the 'o' key to bring up an accent menu or use the Character Viewer

OS X Yosemite: Enter characters with accent marks

OS X Yosemite: Use the Character Viewer

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Shane Henderson

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Nov 20, 2015 10:51 AM in response to Jim Kahler

Couple options. You can either hold down the 'o' key to bring up an accent menu or use the Character Viewer

OS X Yosemite: Enter characters with accent marks

OS X Yosemite: Use the Character Viewer

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Nov 21, 2015 5:31 AM in response to Jim Kahler

If you activate the US Extended keyboard layout, there is an option key shortcut for this.

http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/codemacext.html

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How do I type a macron over a letter? (long o)

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