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Q: Holding down the key is not showing the alternate symbols. Where can I change this?

When I try holding the key down to show the alternative characters, they don't display and it just types the character multiple times. I tried with both vowels and consonants. I just updated to OSX El Capitan 10.11.6.

MacBook Air, iOS 10, El Capitan

Posted on Sep 19, 2016 2:57 PM

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Q: Holding down the key is not showing the alternate symbols. Where can I change this?

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