Located on the number zero key, the at symbol is a sign exclusively used in computing, appearing for the first time in 1971. As a general rule, it is only used to create an email address, to enter your personal email address or to add a special character in an ideally strong password. However, except in word processing software, adding an at sign on Mac or PC involves a simple, but often overlooked, operation.
How do you write at sign on the keyboard?
On an AZERTY keyboard, you must hold the “Atl Gr” key (located just to the right of the Space bar) and simultaneously press the zero key. Be careful, to write on a QWERTY keyboard and therefore make an at sign in English, the handling is not the same. For the latter, you must hold down the capital letter key (represented by an upward arrow, in the lower left corner of the keyboard) and the 2 key at the same time. Finally, to create an at sign on a Mac computer, you must hold the Alt key (located at the bottom left of the keyboard) then press key 2.
How to make an at sign without the Alt Gr key?
To create an at sign on Mac or PC without using the keyboard, several options exist. For example, simply find a document including the at symbol and then copy and paste it. If your keyboard has a square with numbers on the right side, in other words a numeric keypad, another combination exists. To do this, hold down the Alt key with your left hand. Then with your right hand, type 064 on the numeric keypad located to the right of your keyboard.