Inserting a nonbreaking space, Adjusting font smoothing – Apple Keynote '09 User Manual
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Chapter 4
Working with Text
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You can use the Keyboard Viewer to see where characters are located on keyboards
used for other languages if you have those fonts installed.
To access the Keyboard Viewer, the Input menu must be visible in the menu bar.
To show the Input menu:
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Choose Apple > System Preferences and do one of the following:
For Mac OS X 10.6 or later, click Language & Text, then click Input Sources, and then
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select the checkbox next to Keyboard & Character Viewer.
For Mac OS X 10.5.7 and earlier, click International, then click Input Menu, and then
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select the checkbox next to Keyboard Viewer.
The Input menu appears on the right side of your menu bar and looks like a flag or
character.
2
Select the checkbox next to a country's keyboard layout or input method to see the
character layout on keyboards used in that country.
3
Select the checkbox next to “Show input menu in menu bar.”
To see the keyboard layout for another language:
1
Choose a language or input method from the Input menu that appears on the right
side of the menu bar.
2
Choose Show Keyboard Viewer from the Input menu.
3
Press keys on your keyboard to see their location on the Keyboard Viewer. Press
Option, Shift, and Command-Option to see accents and special characters.
4
To place a character at the insertion point of your document, click the key for that
character on the Keyboard Viewer.
Inserting a Nonbreaking Space
You can insert a nonbreaking space between words to make sure that the words
always appear in the same line of text.
To insert a nonbreaking space:
Press the Space bar while holding down the Option key.
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Adjusting Font Smoothing
If the fonts on your screen look fuzzy, blurry, or jagged, you may want to adjust the
font smoothing style or change the text size at which Mac OS X starts to smooth
fonts. Fonts may also be distorted when exporting to a PDF file. You can adjust font
smoothing settings to smooth the fonts exported to PDF files.
To smooth the fonts on your screen:
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Open System Preferences and click Appearance.