How to input · (middle dot) for Chinese titles and names

[hbuchtel]

Thanks to Wikipedia, I now know how to input the middle dot that is so common in Chinese book + chapter titles and foreign names!

i.e. 《前汉书·诸侯王表》or 列奥纳多‧达‧芬奇

(in MS Word, the middle dot appears larger ('fullwidth') when a Chinese font is used.)

It is also called an interpunct, interpoint, middot, centered dot, dot operator, etc depending on context.

On computers, the interpunct may be available through various key combinations, depending on the operating system and the keyboard layout. On Mac OS X, an interpunct can be input by pressing ⌥ Opt+⇧ Shift + 9. In the X Window System, it can be input by pressing AltGr + . . On Microsoft Windows, it can be input by pressing Alt + 0183 (on the numeric keypad).

From here.

[Lu]

Shift+@ works for me too. In Windows 7, with the keyboard set to Chinese.

Some other useful ones, that are probably also mentioned elsewhere:

Enumeration comma 、 typed as \

Book title quotation martks 《 》 typed as < >

Thought line — typed as &

Double thought line —— typed as _