Enter the colon on the English keyboard

If you have an English keyboard, the colon is not as usual on the bottom right key. Instead, on British and American keyboards, you can only enter the punctuation mark using a key combination.

English keyboard: enter colon

• Windows and Linux: Regardless of whether you have set the keyboard layout to English (UK), English (USA) or English (Canada), you can always get the colon using the key combination [Shift] + [Ö].
• Mac: Under MacOS you use the key combination [Alt] + [Ö].
• Alternatively, you can enter the colon on all keyboards using the combination [Alt] + [5] [8]. (You must enter the two digits one after the other using the number pad).

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