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Title: How to use macOS’s Character Viewer to type emoji and other symbols
Post by: HCK on February 04, 2022, 04:05:11 pm
How to use macOS’s Character Viewer to type emoji and other symbols

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<body><section class="wp-block-bigbite-multi-title"><div class="container"></div></section><p>Unicode incorporates nearly 150,000 symbols, and our keyboards let us directly enter no more than several dozen&mdash;even with Shift and Option.&nbsp;Many of the remaining characters (https://www.macworld.com/article/563410/unicode-characters.html)&nbsp;can be found in Character Viewer, a part of macOS that&rsquo;s hidden by default.</p>



<p>This viewer lets you find symbols, drag them or double-click them to insert symbols into text, and mark them as favorites for later access.</p>



<p>You can bring up the Character Viewer (also called Emoji &amp; Symbols) through several methods:</p>



<ul><li>On a keyboard with a 🌐, you can press that key to bring up the viewer. (See the Keyboard preference pane&rsquo;s Keyboard tab if that doesn&rsquo;t work&mdash;an option has to be checked for the 🌐 key.)</li><li>Press Command-Control-Space.</li><li>In the Keyboard preference pane&rsquo;s Input Sources tab, check &ldquo;Show Input menu in menu bar,&rdquo; and Emoji &amp; Symbols is one choice.</li></ul><div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage center"><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mac911-emoji-viewer.png" alt="" class="wp-image-607239" width="300" srcset="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mac911-emoji-viewer.png?quality=50&amp;strip=all 640w, https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mac911-emoji-viewer.png?resize=249%2C300&amp;quality=50&amp;strip=all 249w" height="770" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /><figcaption>You might first see the Emoji &amp; Symbols viewer.</figcaption></figure></div></div>



<p>When it first appears, the viewer might be in an abbreviated form that emphasizes emojis and shows links along the bottom. If so, click the palette icon in the upper-right corner to expand it into the larger Character Viewer.</p>



<p>You can search for characters via the field in the upper-right corner, and the viewer provides matches. Say you want to routinely insert 1/2, 1/4, and other fractions using the compact drawn fraction symbols in a font? Search for&nbsp;<code>fraction</code>, and all fractions appear. You can then select each one you want to have easy access to and click Add to Favorites below its preview on the right-hand side.</p>



<p>After adding the first favorite, a Favorites link appears in the left-hand navigation list. You can then click Favorites to access characters and symbols you&rsquo;ve added to the list.</p>


<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage center"><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mac911-character-viewer-fractions-bordered.png?w=1200" alt="" class="wp-image-607241" srcset="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mac911-character-viewer-fractions-bordered.png?quality=50&amp;strip=all 1492w, https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mac911-character-viewer-fractions-bordered.png?resize=300%2C224&amp;quality=50&amp;strip=all 300w, https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mac911-character-viewer-fractions-bordered.png?resize=768%2C573&amp;quality=50&amp;strip=all 768w, https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mac911-character-viewer-fractions-bordered.png?resize=1200%2C896&amp;quality=50&amp;strip=all 1200w" width="1200" height="896" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><figcaption>Add drawn fractions with aplomb by searching for them in the Character Viewer and adding them to your favorites list.</figcaption></figure></div></div>



<p>This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Ellen.</p>



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Source: How to use macOS’s Character Viewer to type emoji and other symbols (https://www.macworld.com/article/607237/character-viewer-macos.html)