You should have an icon in the taskbar to open the soft keyboard, even when using a hardware…

…s no apparent way to type non-ASCII characters without a numpad, which the Surface obviously lacks. I asked about this and a bunch of folks told me I could type things like an ® with the “shortcut” of Alt-0174, until they realized I didn’t have a numpad, in which case they told me to use the “Character Map” app, which looks like it hasn’t been improved since I first used it in Windows 95. Many of these common glyphs and diacritics have easy shortcuts in macOS, meanwhile (alt-R for ®, for instance)
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Dana Ross
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Dec 28, 2016
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You should have an icon in the taskbar to open the soft keyboard, even when using a hardware keyboard. When you long-press on some keys, you get alternate glyphs. Hit &123 to get the numbers & symbols keyboard, then go one page to the right. Long-press on © to get the option for ®.
A much more modern experience than good old charmap 😉
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Building the web since 1996. Full-stack developer, but love front-end tech. I also socialize feral and abused cats.
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