what does this mean?

[Tony.Williams]

There is a key on the iMac keyboard with this character on it: §

I have searched general lists of symbols, Mac guidebooks and Mac forums and the only mention of it I have found was in a forum in which someone asked what it meant - no-one replied.

This is driving me nuts - can anyone enlighten me?

[chaggle]

There is a key on the iMac keyboard with this character on it: §

I have searched general lists of symbols, Mac guidebooks and Mac forums and the only mention of it I have found was in a forum in which someone asked what it meant - no-one replied.

This is driving me nuts - can anyone enlighten me?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_sign

The section sign (§) is a typographical character for referencing individual numbered sections of a document, frequently used when referring to legal code.[1] Encoded as Unicode U+00A7 § Section Sign and HTML § it is also commonly called section symbol, section mark, double s, or alternatively paragraph mark in parts of Europe.[2][3]

Can't say I'm any the wiser (but, before Matt says it , I am better informed)

[Tony.Williams]

Thanks, that does ring a faint bell - one of the many things I used to know...