What is your reason for not wanting to switch the entire keyboard binding to Greek? If your reason was just that switching by the menu is a bit cumbersome, then you could set up a keyboard shortcut instead, for very quick layout switching.With this, it takes just three keystrokes to type a λ (or any other Greek letter). I frequently need to type isolated Greek letters within a mostly latin-alphabet setting (I’m a mathematician), and I find this setup very convenientIn detail:. Add a Greek keyboard layout to your input sources, under System Preferences Keyboard Input Sources:. add a keyboard shortcut for switching to the most recently-used layout different from the current one, under System Preferences Keyboard Shortcuts Input Sources. I use Command ⌘+ Option ⌥+ Space, which doesn’t (iirc) conflict with any system default shortcuts:.
Shortcut keys for inserting Greek symbols into the equation. Word 2016 2013 2010 2007 2003. (how to insert Greek symbols, see Shortcut keys for inserting Greek symbols into the equation). Individual Fraktur letters are sometimes used in mathematics. This tip is about quick way how to paste letters in Fraktur in your document Microsoft Word. Like the Roman letter, but with no dot iota Ι κ k like the Roman letter kappa Κ λ l a bit like the capital lambda Λ ο o like the Roman letter omicron Ο π p like the capital pi Π ρ r like the capital rho Ρ τ t like the capital tau Τ υ u like the Roman letter but not like the capital (remember that ‘u’ and ‘y’ count as the same).
Now you can get a λ by typing ⌘+ ⌥+ Space (switch the input layout to Greek); l (actually produce the λ); ⌘+ ⌥+ Space (switch back to whatever layout you were typing in before). And, as a bonus, the rest of the Greek alphabet is at your fingertips as well!. Press Command ⌘+ Control ⌃+ Space. Type lamda into the search bar. Pay attention to type lamda instead of lam bda. Your lamda should be there:You might ask why it is spelt lamda not lambda.According to the provided by:The use of the spelling lamda derives from ISO 10646. This does notmean that it is more correct than lambda, merely that the spellingwithout the 'b' is the one used in the formal character names.Here are two more links provided by:.Here is a website about Mac keyboard shortcuts:.