Information Technology Reference
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• Circumflex:
OPTION
+
I
(I as in India), followed by the letter. For example, for
the word rôle, type r,
OPTION
+
I
, o, l, e. Hold
SHIFT
when typing the letter for
uppercase versions.
• Eszett:
OPTION
+
S
. For example, to type weiße, type w, e, i,
OPTION
+
S
, e.
• Grave: Hit
OPTION
+
'
(backtick; the key above
AB
on U.S. English keyboards,
and left of the Z key on other English keyboards); then type the letter.
For example, for città, you'd type c, i, t, t,
OPTION
+, a. Hold
SHIFT
when
typing the letter for uppercase versions.
• Inverted punctuation: For an inverted question mark, hit
OPTION
+
?
(that
is,
OPTION
+
SHIFT
+
?
). For an inverted exclamation mark, hit
OPTION
+
1
—there's
no need to hold
SHIFT
.
• Ringed A: For å, hit
OPTION
+
A
. Hold
SHIFT
for the uppercase version.
• Stroked O:
OPTION
+
O
. For example, for the name Jørgensen, type J,
OPTION
+
O
, r, g, e, n, s, e, n. Hold
SHIFT
for the uppercase version.
• Tilde:
OPTION
+
N
, followed by the letter. For example, to type España, type
E, s, p, a,
OPTION
+
N
, n, a. Hold
SHIFT
when typing the letter for uppercase
versions.
• Umlaut:
OPTION
+
U
, followed by the letter. For example, to type über, type
OPTION
+
U
, u, b, e, r. Hold
SHIFT
when typing the letter for the uppercase
version.
Tip 115
Rename Hundreds of Photos
Digital cameras seem to like filenames such as
DSCF0407.JPG
. I don't know about
you, but I prefer names such as
DISNEYLANDVACATION023.JPG
. Renaming each and
every file can be somewhat annoying, but a quick and easy solution is to
create a simple app to do it for you, and that's just the kind of thing
on page 347
).
Creating an Automator Renaming Tool
Here are the steps required to create the Automator tool:
