Option or Alt Key Shortcuts to Insert Symbols in Mac OS X
Option or Alt key is one of the hidden gems in Apple keyboard used very less by
most of the Mac users. Besides many keyboard shortcuts, option key in combination with other keys can be used to insert special symbols like trademark,
copyright or currencies in text editing apps like Pages, Notes, TextEdit or when typing emails. Here is the complete list of keyboard shortcuts for
inserting symbols using option or alt key in Mac OS X. Use the search box to find to filter the results in the table
Option
Key
Combination
Symbol
Symbol
Description
Option
+
1
Inverted
Exclamation
Mark
Option
+
4
Cent
Symbol
Option
+
3
Pound
Sterling
Symbol
Option
+
y
Japanese
Yen
Symbol
Option
+
6
Section
Sign
Option
+
Shift
+
u
Diaeresis
Option
+
u
Diaeresis
Option
+
g
Copyright
Option
+
9
Feminine
Ordinal
Indicator
Option
+
\
Double
Left
Angle
Quotation
Mark
Option
+
l
Not
Sign
Option
+
r
Registered
Option
+
Shift
+
,
Macron
Option
+
Shift
+
8
Degree
Option
+
Shift
+
=
Plus
or
Minus
Option
+
e
Acute
Accent
Option
+
Shift
+
e
Acute
Accent
Option
+
m
Micron
or
Micro
Sign
Option
+
7
Paragraph
or
Pilcrow
sign
Option
+
Shift
+
9
Dot
Center
Option
+
Shift
+
z
Cedilla
Option
+
0
Masculine
Ordinal
Indicator
Option
+
Shift
+
\
Double
Right
Angle
Quotation
Mark
Option
+
Shift
+
/
Inverted
Question
Mark
Option
+
s
Latin
Small
Letter
Sharp
S
or
German
Eszett
(Scharfes
S)
Option
+
Shift
+
y
Latin
Capital
A
with
Acute
Option
+
Shift
+
m
Latin
Capital
A
with
Circumflex
Option
+
a
Latin
Lowercase
A
with
Ring
Above
Option
+
Shift
+
a
Latin
Uppercase
A
with
Ring
Above
Option
+
Shift
+
Latin
Capital
Letter
Option
+
Latin
Small
Letter
Option
+
c
Latin
Small
Letter
C
with
Cedilla
Option
+
Shift
+
c
Latin
Capital
Letter
C
with
Cedilla
Option
+
Shift
+
s
Latin
Capital
Letter
I
with
Acute
Option
+
Shift
+
d
Latin
Capital
Letter
I
with
Circumflex
Option
+
Shift
+
f
Latin
Capital
Letter
I
with
Diaeresis
Option
+
Shift
+
l
Latin
Capital
Letter
O
with
Grave
Option
+
Shift
+
h
Latin
Capital
Letter
O
with
Acute
Option
+
Shift
+
j
Latin
Capital
Letter
O
with
Circumflex
Option
+
/
Divided
by
or
Division
Sign
Option
+
o
Latin
Small
Letter
O
with
Stroke
Option
+
Shift
+
o
Latin
Capital
Letter
O
with
Stroke
Option
+
Shift
+
;
Latin
Capital
Letter
U
with
Acute
Option
+
Shift
+
b
Latin
Small
Letter
Dotless
I
Option
+
q
Latin
Small
Ligature
OE
Option
+
Shift
+
q
Latin
Capital
Ligature
OE
Option
+
f
Latin
Small
Letter
f
with
Hook
or
Florin
Symbol
or
Function
Option
+
i
Circumflex
Option
+
Shift
+
i
Circumflex
Option
+
Shift
+
t
Caron
or
hek
or
Wedge
or
Inverted
Circumflex
or
Inverted
Hat
Option
Key
Combination
Symbol
Symbol
Description
Option
+
Shift
+
.
Breve
Option
+
h
Superscript
Dot
or
Dot
Above
Option
+
k
Ring
Above
Option
+
Shift
+
x
Ogonek
Option
+
n
Small
Tilde
Option
+
Shift
+
n
Small
Tilde
Option
+
Shift
+
g
Double
Acute
Accent
Option
+
p
Greek
Small
Letter
Pi
Option
+
z
Ohm
or
Greek
Capital
Letter
Omega
Option
+
-
En
Dash
Option
+
Shift
+
-
Em
Dash
Option
+
]
Apostrophe
or
Left
Single
Quote
Option
+
Shift
+
]
Right
Single
Quote
Option
+
Shift
+
0
Comma
Option
+
[
Left
Double
Quote
Option
+
Shift
+
[
Right
Double
Quote
Option
+
Shift
+
w
Double
Quote
Option
+
t
Dagger
or
Plus
or
Cross
Option
+
Shift
+
7
Doble
Dagger
Option
+
8
Bullet
Option
+
;
Horizontal
Ellipsis
Option
+
Shift
+
r
Per
Mille
Sign
Option
+
Shift
+
3
Single
Left
Angle
Quotation
Mark
Option
+
Shift
+
4
Single
Right
Angle
Quotation
Mark
Option
+
Shift
+
1
Slash
or
Forward
Slash
or
Right
Slash
Option
+
Shift
+
2
Euro
Symbol
Option
+
2
Trademark
Option
+
d
Partial
Differential
Option
+
j
Triangle
or
Increment
Option
+
Shift
+
p
N-ary
product
Symbol
Option
+
w
Sigma
or
Sum
or
N-ary
Summation
Option
+
v
Square
Root
Math
Symbol
Option
+
5
Infinity
Option
+
b
Integral
Symbol
Option
+
x
Approximate
or
Almost
Equal
to
Option
+
=
Not
Equal
to
Option
+
,
Lesser
than
or
Equal
to
Option
+
.
Greater
than
or
Equal
to
Option
+
Shift
+
v
Diamond
or
Lozenge
Option
+
Shift
+
k
Apple
Logo
Symbol
Option
+
Shift
+
5
Latin
Small
Ligature
FI
Option
+
Shift
+
6
Latin
Small
Ligature
FL
