Lose That Umlaut (Symbolically Speaking, Of Course)
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Filed in: Weekly Tip
Need special characters but can’t remember where they live on the keyboard? OS X has a great feature for this—the Character Palette.
1 Go to System Preferences > International > Input Menu, and enable the Character Palette.
2 Notice the new icon in your menu bar (likely a flag that matches the language). When needed, simply click it and choose Show or Hide Character Palette.
3 The palette automatically floats above your active application.
4 Be sure to check that you’re using the same font in the text generator or other application.
5 Double-click or drag to use the special character.
Like this tip? It comes from the book
Final Cut Studio On the Spot from Focal Press.