Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of buttons you can press on your computer keyboard to complete certain actions, like opening and closing files, and copying and pasting text—things you would ...

SwiftKey has a new keyboard app: Symbol. It’s not a conventional QWERTY typer, but a visual-based system, aimed at non-verbal autistic people, and others with special needs. And because it’s got ...

One of the best power-user tips I have to pass on is to learn the keyboard shortcuts for as many tasks as you can. Learning the shortcuts is easy, command-shift-s, shift-option-a…, but in OS X we ...

Whether you’re doing some Spanish homework or exchanging jokes with your French-speaking amoureux, nailing spelling in a foreign language is pretty important if you’re trying to get your point across ...

You can add special characters while typing on a computer using keyboard shortcuts or a special pop-up window. Both Windows and Mac computers have the same special characters, but have different ways ...

Q I’m beginning to handle international business, which means I need to be able to use foreign currency symbols in both Word and Excel. How do I create a shortcut for various symbols? In Excel, it’s a ...

Windows 7 and Microsoft Word allow you to insert symbols above letters without using ribbon commands. For example, work with a Windows PC keyboard to apply keyboard combinations that insert accented ...

The iPhone keyboard has a hidden superpower—beneath its usual letters, numbers, and symbols lie a treasure trove of less common but still useful symbols. The next time you want to tell someone how hot ...