[DM-MUG] what is this keyboard shortcut?

[Jeremy Geerdes]

According to Wikipedia, the symbol originated with the Apple LIsa. I have never seen it used in any other OS, but that is not necessarily conclusive.

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On Mar 20, 2010, at 3:14 AM, Geoffrey Stevens wrote:

> Is this a key symbol from the PC world?
> —Geoff Stevens
> 
> > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:41:26 -0500
> > From: kristau at gmail.com
> > To: dmmug at dmmug.org
> > Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] what is this keyboard shortcut?
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> > > Hi, I've seen this a few times and I just have no clue what I'm supposed to
> > > do when I want to use keyboard shortcuts like this. There is no keyboard
> > > that has the first character on its key. Can someone help me understand how
> > > to do it?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Matthew Nuzum
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> > 
> > Yup, it denotes the ALT key. Even though I know what it is, it still
> > confuses me every time I see it. Apple really should add that symbol
> > to the ALT key on their keyboards.
> > 
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