Special characters

Contains a dictionary of names and symbols that, when passed into Choose From List, becomes selectable – for whichever option is chosen, the corresponding symbol will be passed out and copied to the clipboard.

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Dictionary
Passes the specified list of key-value pairs to the next action as a dictionary.
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Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection. Prompt The instruction provided when the list is presented. Select Multiple When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
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Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
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Corrects the spelling of the text shared as input or from your clipboard, then presents it a prompt to confirm before copying.

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Special%20characters
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Special%20characters
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Special characters” end tell

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