Macintosh Input Method

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Input Method is the mechanism used Apple's Macintosh operating system the method for enterning non-roman characters on the keyboard.

Input Methods

Input methods in Mac OS fall into several categories:

• Option-Key modifiers (typically for those using a Roman key layout)
• Keyboards layouts
• Input Methods (keystrokes to achieve a specific character)
• Input palettes.

The Option Key (⌥)

For Roman scripts (the focus of this article), the option key is used the most to get character variations. The most common use is for accented characters, such as an umlaut. The procedure is simple:

1. Press option and a modifier key (⌥ + ` (backtick), e, i, n, o or u).
2. then press key of the character to be accented (A, a, E, e, I, i, N, n, O, o, U, u, Y or y).

Table of ⌥ modifications

Table of ⌥ combinations

	⌥`	⌥e	⌥i	⌥n	⌥u
␠	`	´	ˆ	˜	¨
A	À	Á	Â	Ã	Ä
a	à	á	â	ã	ä
E	È	É	Ê		Ë
e	è	é	ê		ë
I	Ì	Í	Î		Ï
i	ì	í	î		ï
N				Ñ
n				ñ
O	Ò	Ó	Ô	Õ	Ö
o	ò	ó	ô	õ	ö
U	Ù	Ú	Û		Ü
u	ù	ú	û		ü
Y					Ÿ
y					ÿ

Other characters

A variety of other characters are available via the option key:

Regular keyboard layout:

 

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