Apple Macintosh LC - Manual (Page 149)

Keyboard Layout
The figure on these pages shows the layout of the standard Macintosh keyboard
and explains the functions of its special keys.
See also: • Appendix B, "MacroMaker Command Files"
• Appendix D, "Special Aids for Using the Mouse,
Keyboard and Screen"
Optional Characters
Most Macintosh fonts have a wide variety of optional characters, such as and
•, that are not labeled on the keyboard. You use the Key Caps desk accessory
to see what optional characters are available in each font.
To use one of these optional characters in a document, you press the Option
key, or the Option and Shift keys, in combination with a certain character or
number key. The Control key also produces optional characters for some keys.
Viewing optional characters with key caps
The Key Caps desk accessory shows you the standard and optional character
sets produced when modifier keys, such as the Shift and Option keys, are
pressed. Key Caps is supplied with Macintosh system software. It is included
automatically when you install system software on a hard disk; to include it
on a startup floppy disk, you must use the Font/DA Mover.
You start Key Caps as you do any other desk accessory -- by choosing its name
from the Apple menu.
The figures here show the Key Caps window with two sets of optional
characters available in the Chicago font. One set is displayed when the
Option key is pressed on the Macintosh keyboard; the other set appears when
the Option and Shift keys are pressed in combination.
The assortment of optional characters varies from font to font.
You can display the character sets for other fonts installed in your System
file by choosing the name of the font from the Key Caps menu when the Key
Caps window is open.
See also: • "Installing a Font or Desk Accessory" in Chapter 14
Typing international characters
There are a number of ways to type international characters with the
Macintosh. Many fonts include international characters among their optional
character sets. A c with a cedilla (), for example, can be produced in many
fonts by pressing Option-c. You can also buy special international fonts such
as Cyrillic alphabet fonts.
In most fonts, you can add certain accent marks to any letter. Adding these
accents is a two-step process, as follows:
1. Type the Option-key combination (shown in Table A-1) for the accent you
want.
Nothing appears on the screen yet, but your keystroke is stored in the