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Chapter 4 Formatting Text and Paragraphs 83
4 Drag the shadow offset slider (the third slider) to the right to separate the shadow
from the text.
5 Rotate the Shadow Angle wheel to set the direction of the shadow.
Note: You can also set text shadows in the Graphic Inspector, as described in “Adding
Shadows” on page 153.
Adding Accents and Special Characters
If you need to type characters with accent marks (such as ü), mathematical symbols,
arrows, or other special characters, you can use the International preferences pane or
the Character Palette. You can also see where characters are located on keyboards
used for other languages by using the Keyboard Viewer (for example, you can see
how the keys on an Italian keyboard are laid out). All of these are built-in tools of
Mac OS X.
To add accent marks to characters:
1 Choose Apple > System Preferences and click International.
2 Click Input Menu, then select the checkbox next to Keyboard Viewer.
3 Choose Show Keyboard Viewer from the Input menu on the right side of the menu
bar (the one that looks like a flag or alphabetical symbol).
The Keyboard Viewer shows the characters for your keyboard. (If you've selected a
different keyboard layout or input method in the Input menu, it shows the characters
for the selected keyboard layout). For example, if U.S. is chosen in the Input menu, you
see the characters that appear on a U.S. keyboard in the Keyboard Viewer.
4 To see the different accent marks that you can type highlighted in the Keyboard
Viewer, press Option, or the Option and Shift keys.
The accent mark keys appear with white outlines. Depending on your keyboard, you
may not need to press any of the modifier keys to see the accent keys.
5 Place the insertion point in your document where you want to type.
6 Press the modifier key you pressed in step 4 (Shift, Option, Option-Shift, or none) and
press the key on your keyboard that is in the same place as the accent you see in the
Keyboard Viewer. Then release the modifier key and press the key for the character
you want to accent.