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You can utilize Character Viewer to insert emoticons and other expressive symbols. Refer to the detailed guide on typing accented characters, emojis, and symbols on Mac in the following article by Mytour.
How to Type Accented Characters, Emojis, and Symbols on Mac
Typing Emojis and Other Symbols on Mac
Step 1: Click to select the location in your document or message where you want to insert the symbols.
Step 2: Press Control + Command + Space. The Character Viewer window will appear on the screen.
Step 3: Use the Search box at the top of the window or click on the small square icon next to the Search box to expand the window and view the symbols:
Step 4: After finding the symbols you want to add, click on the desired symbol to insert it into your content.
The symbols and characters you frequently use will be displayed in the Frequently Used list in this window.
Typing Accented Characters on Mac
To type accented characters, press and hold the key until you see the accented characters appear.
To select one of the displayed characters, press the number shown below the character, or click on the character you want to use. If you don't want to type an accented character, enter a different character or press the Esc key.
Additionally, if the additional character for the key you are holding down is not available, the pop-up menu will not appear on the screen. The menu also does not appear when the Key Repeat slider in the Keyboard pane of System Preferences is set to OFF.
Repeating a Character
After typing accented characters, emojis, and symbols on Mac, you may encounter situations where some keys repeat when you press and hold them. Press and hold the Spacebar key or symbol key (hyphen or equal sign) for these characters to repeat in most applications. Applications that do not use accented characters include Calculator, Grapher, or Terminal.
If the character does not repeat, try checking the Keyboard pane in System Preferences to ensure the Key Repeat slider is not set to OFF. If the key is not designed to repeat in the application you are using, copy that character to the clipboard. Then use the Command + V keyboard shortcut to paste the character or word.
The article on Mytour just guided you on how to type accented characters, emojis, and symbols on Mac. To enhance your experience with Mac devices and operating systems, we need shortcuts. You can collect frequently used Mac shortcuts to perform operations more efficiently on this operating system. If you encounter any difficulties or have any questions, please leave your comments below the article.
In Windows 10, Emoji is also supported; however, you need to know how to activate these Emoji. Refer to the shortcut keys to open Emoji on Windows 10 that we have introduced for you.
