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where is the backslash key on a Swiss French keyboard ?
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May 30, 2005, 03:16 PM
 
I am truely sorry for this naive question, but I am not able to find the backslash key on my Swiss French MAC keyboard; on a windows kbd, I access it via ALT GR >
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May 30, 2005, 05:31 PM
 
Go to the International preference pane in System Preferences, click the Input Menu tab, and check Keyboard Viewer in the list, and make sure Show input menu is checked as well.

Then, from the little flag menu in the menu bar, choose Keyboard Viewer. It'll show you the keyboard, and you can see what happens as you press shift, option, etc. (Try them in combination, too.)

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May 30, 2005, 06:16 PM
 
Thanks a lot for the tip; I found it on the US keyboard, not on the Swiss one; i will call Apple Center tomorrow.
     
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May 30, 2005, 08:04 PM
 
Option-Shift-/ does the trick on a French keyboard. I guess it's the same for swiss french...
     
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May 31, 2005, 07:40 AM
 
Which French keyboard
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May 14, 2006, 05:28 PM
 
use ctrl-option(alt)-command(apple) + < to get the \
you can also get the other missing keys like ¦ @ # ¬ | ¢ ´ ~ [ ] { } with that key combination
     
   
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