Inserting Greek and Other Special Characters
 
You can enter some commonly-used Greek characters using the Option key:
 
Option-D — ∂
 
Option-M — µ
 
Option-Z — Ω
 
Option-P — π

 
Use the Greek keyboard layout to enter other characters.
 


Click the International Preferences icon in System Preferences to view your international preference settings.


In the Input Menu section, select the Greek keyboard layout , and also add the input menu to the menu bar .



Choose the Greek keyboard layout from the input menu .  Now NoteBook substitutes Greek for characters you type from the keyboard .

Use the input menu to switch back to your original keyboard layout, or press Cmd-Space to cycle through the active layouts.

 
Use the character palette to enter special characters.
 

Use the Font panel’s actions menu to display the Character palette.



Drag a character from the palette into your text.

 
 
By The Way

When you press the “g” key on the keyboard, the computer adds character number 103 to your text.  Under OS 9, most fonts drew character number 103 as a “g” but some drew a different shape, such as a gamma (γ) when you used the Symbol font.  When OS 9 was written, there were more character shapes than there were character numbers, and so some characters like “g” and γ had to share.
 
In OS X, every character shape has its own number, which means all fonts draw character number 103 as a “g.”  To add a γ, you have to add character number 947.  The keyboard layouts and character palette help you generate the right OS X character number for the special character you want to type.
 
 
 

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