In Mac OS X special characters
The integrated Overview for special characters can be displayed. Then the desired special character is copied into the active input field.
- Open system preferences in your Dock.
- Select the item "keyboard".
- Here you put a check mark under the "keyboard and character tables in the menu bar".
- Now you can click when entering a text in the top menu bar next to the battery on a keyboards icon.
- Here, the Option "character show overview" will appear (See image). Now, you will see a variety of set, currency, and image characters.
- Now, when a text field is active, is inserted the desired Symbol by double-clicking.

Characters menu under Mac OS
In this practice tip , you will learn how to use a @sign with the Apple keyboard create.