How the keyboard can be used for commands, from its reserved keys, to key equivalents, interface controls, and keyboard actions.
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If macOS doesn’t include your preferred keyboard layout, here’s how to create your own, and put it to work.
How to get your Mac to automatically convert an input string like ‘egrin’ into the grinning face emoji, using an Input Plugin.
You don’t have to create a whole new keyboard layout for occasional access to emojis and symbols. Input Methods and Keyboard Layouts explained.
This second article considers how text is entered into your Mac: mainly by the keyboard, but also briefly covers speech and scanned input.
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