Your computer keyboard has about 64 keys on it. That’s great for letters and numbers—but what about symbols, like these? On the Mac, it’s worth learning them. Hold down the Option key and type 2 for ...

But if you frequently type special characters, a more-convenient option is Characters ( Mac App Store link). Whenever you need to “type” a special character, you just click Characters’s systemwide ...

When writing about people, places, or other things that use accents and other special symbols outside the 26 letters of the standard English alphabet, there are ways to add them to a document without ...

Want to type the € euro symbol on your keyboard? How you this depends on your region. In the US, the secret combination is option+shift+2. For many (but not all) Europeans, it's Option-E. Apple's ...

Google has rolled out a new “flick keys” feature in Gboard, allowing users to enter symbols and numbers by swiping down on letter keys instead of long-pressing. For example, flicking Q–P inputs 1–0, ...

On-screen keyboards are pretty great these days thanks to gesture typing and all sorts of autocorrect and next-word suggestion features. Things can always improve, which is why Google Keyboard, also ...