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How do you type parentheses on the keyboard?
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Basically you can be referring to the parentheses on a computer keyboard or on a cell phone keyboard… we will analyze both cases in this article.
parentheses on a computer keyboard
On the traditional computer keyboard, parentheses are usually typed by pressing Shift + 9 and Shift + 0. Since parentheses signs are usually on those buttons. On other keyboards it is Shift + 8 and Shift + 9.
It can also happen that the keyboard is incorrectly configured (for example, in another language or another distribution of letters), in this case the location of the parentheses is probably not the one specified above, nor the one seen on the keyboard. In these cases you will have to try the Shift key and the rest of the numbers, or find the correct keyboard configuration.
As an alternative you can write the parentheses with the ASCII code:
– code 40 corresponds to (
– code 41 corresponds to )
That is, ALT + 40 will exit the opening parenthesis, while ALT + 41 will insert the closing parenthesis. Remember that you must use the numbers on the numeric keypad (to the right of the keyboard).
Parentheses on a cell phone keyboard
As for writing the parentheses using the on-screen keyboard on a cell phone, usually what you have to do is find the key that corresponds to it and press it with your finger, leaving it there for a few moments until a submenu with the corresponding sign will appear, in this case the of the parentheses. You stop pressing with your finger and the symbol will be written on the screen.
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• ASCII
• Keyboard
• Numeric keyboard
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