Microsoft Word, like all text-based programs, uses a numeric character code called ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) for each alphabetic, numeric, and special character on ...

To tweak this, go to Gboard Settings > Preferences and change the Touch and hold duration. It's set to 300ms by default, but ...

If you ever find yourself needing characters or symbols that aren’t on your keyboard, Windows has an easy fix: “Character Map.”A character map of all special symbols (including foreign language ...

The keyboard viewer in OS X has been serving as a useful tool for a long time, allowing users to view keyboard characters with a few clicks of their mouse. Though Apple continues to include the ...

If you do much typing at all—especially if you dabble in graphic design or publishing—you’ll eventually need hidden typographic characters such as ®, ©, ™, ° and maybe even € and £. Back in 1984, the ...

Your Mac’s keyboard makes it easy to type any of the standard characters—the ones used most frequently in everyday typing. But OS X lets you use hundreds of special characters that don’t appear on ...

The Emoji++ keyboard bills itself at the fastest way to type emoji on iOS. It achieves that by allowing you to scroll through your emoji list as a single collection rather than relying on swiping ...

It’s a small change but a lot of users will appreciate it. The iPad has been this way since iOS 7. Personally, the previews make me type much slower as it’s super distracting. It also feels super ...

Phone users with iOS 26 are experiencing a keyboard glitch that displays incorrect characters. The issue is not related to ...