[X4U] 14 Mac Tips

Randy B. Singer randy at macattorney.com
Tue Sep 17 00:45:38 PDT 2013


On Sep 16, 2013, at 11:00 PM, J McClernan wrote:

> I have one question. The 2nd tip says:  "If you need to type a special character, the easiest way is to hold down the letter and a character menu will pop up."
> I do type the word resumé quite often, but when I used your tip, I got this result:   resumeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
> 
> The e just keeps repeating, no character menu pops up. Is it because I am using OS X 10.6.8 ??

Yes.

If you want to type an "é" you do that by typing "Option-e", and then just "e". 

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
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