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The chart below may be used to type extended ASCII characters on the Mac from the keyboard. In addition, extended characters on the Mac are usually different than Windows because Windows used the ISO Latin-1 Character Set and the Mac uses the Roman character set. Typing an ASCII Character on the Mac Keystroke Abbreviations: Option key. In Mac OS 8.5 and later, one can choose the Unicode Hex Input keyboard layout; in OS X (10.10) Yosemite, this can be added in Keyboard → Input Sources. Holding down ⌥ Option, one types the four-digit hexadecimal Unicode code point and the equivalent character appears; one can then release the ⌥ Option key. ASCII Viewer allows you to display the full ASCII table and the ASCII code of pressed keys. It displays the full ASCII table. You can press any key on your keyboard to see its corresponding ASCII. In the top left in black writing it the ASCII key number. So you can look it up in an ASCII code chart. In the green is hexidecimal key code. In the blue is the binary key code. The binary keycode is usually used for most applications. You can use the modifier keys, command, ctrl, shift and option to access more keys. On the browser screen highlight the symbol you want to use. Copy the symbol. Paste the symbol in your document. Choose the symbol you want to use from the list below. Put your mouse cursor at the place in your document where you want to add the symbol. Hold down the ALT key and type the symbol's number.
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If you are into Apple Scripting or just anything on a Mac that involves pressing keys you may need keycodes. Key codes are the decimal numeric number that matches a key on your keyboard. For example the letter “j” is keycode 38.Every letter I type the key code numbers (usually in hex-decimal) is being sent through my computer in various places. This post is going to show you a good little application that can show you the key code for the key your are pressing.
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Head over to this site, and download the full key codes application. It is a very simple free application. Once as you duzi (download, unzip, install) the app you will be presented with something that looks like the following.
It may take a couple of key presses to get going. In the top left in black writing it the ASCII key number. So you can look it up in an ASCII code chart. In the green is hexidecimal key code. In the blue is the binary key code. The binary keycode is usually used for most applications. You can use the modifier keys, command, ctrl, shift and option to access more keys and commands.
Hopefully this little tips was useful to up. It was to me in my mini application I was making.
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