> System Preferences>International>Input Menu>check "Keyboard Viewer" > That will put a menu item of a flag (American, in my case) in the > upper right of the menu bar with "Show Keyboard Viewer" as one of > the dropdown selections. If you dislike the menu item: Previous versions came with a standalone "Key Caps" application that still works in Tiger. There's free widget Character Pal that doesn't look like a keyboard, but might do the job for you: <http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/reference/characterpal.html> Björn