•Turn on Caps Lock: Press Shift 
twice. The Caps Lock symbol 
appears.
•Turn off Caps Lock: Press Shift 
.
Enter alternate keyboard characters
Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear above the letters on the keys. To enter these characters, do one of the following:
•Press Option 
and press the key for the character. The alternate character symbol 
appears. You don’t need to hold down Option while pressing the second key.
•Enter a series of alternate characters: Press Option 
twice to turn on Option Lock. The Option Lock symbol 
appears.
•Turn off Option Lock: Press Option 
.
Enter passwords
You can see each character of a password only as you enter it, so be careful. Be sure Caps Lock and Option Lock are off unless you need them. For information on how to enter characters, see Enter uppercase letters and Enter alternate keyboard characters.
Enter characters from the symbols table
You can enter symbols and accented characters that don’t appear on the keys by using the symbols table. See Symbols and accented characters for a list of the available symbols and accented characters.
1Press Sym 
to display the symbols table.
2Narrow the list by pressing the key that corresponds to the character you want. For example, to enter an é, press e.
TIP The symbols and accented characters are grouped according to their similarity to the corresponding key. In some cases, the symbol is related to the alternate character on the key, not the letter. For example, to type a € or other currency symbol, press Sym + h. Why? Because the alternate character on the H key is $.
3Scroll to find the character you want.
4Tap the character to insert it.
Symbols and accented characters
Table 1. Symbols and accented characters
Press Sym | and to select… |
press… |
|
|
|
a or A | á à ä â ã å æ Á À Ä Â Ã Å Æ ª ~ \ ` • ÷ ^ [ ] { } < > |
| « » Ø μ |
b or B | ~ \ ` • ÷ ^ [ ] { } < > « » Ø μ |
c or C | © ç Ç ¢ |
d or D | † ‡ |
e or E | é è ë ê ē É È Ë Ê € ¹ ¼ ½ |
h or H | ¢ € £ ¥ ƒ |
i or I | í ì ï î Í Ì Ï Î ÷ ‰ |
j or J | ¡ |
k or K | :-) :-( |
l or L | ` ‘ ’ ‚ " |
m or M | μ :-) :-( |
n or N | ñ Ñ ¿ |
o or O | ó ò ö ô œ õ ø Ó Ò Ö Ô Œ Õ Ø º “ ” „ < > « » |
p or P | ¶ ~ \ ` • ÷ ^ [ ] { } < > « » Ø μ |
q or Q | \ ~ |
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