Special Characters • Mac
You can type all of these characters in any application on the Mac—word processing, page layout, spreadsheets, paint or draw programs, etc. To type: Hold down the modifier key (Option, Command, and/or Shift), then tap the character key once.
| Character | Type it this way | What is it? |
|---|---|---|
| ‘ | Option ] | opening single quote |
| ’ | Option Shift ] | apostrophe, closing single quote |
| “ | Option [ | opening double quote |
| ” | Option Shift [ | closing double quote |
| < | Option Shift 3 | opening single French quote (guillemets) |
| > | Option Shift 4 | closing single French quote (guillemets) |
| « | Option \ (backslash) | opening double French quote (guillemets) |
| » | Option Shift \ | closing double French quote (guillemets) |
| – | Option - (hyphen) | en dash |
| — | Option Shift - (hyphen) | em dash |
| ... | Option ; | ellipsis |
| ® | Option ... |
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