Not sure where it's created, but I do know of "Character Map".
Start -> Run -> "charmap.exe"
Click on a character and it shows the keystrokes on the bottom right corner.
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Browse All TopicsHow do you set up the keystoke combination to create a special character in, ie Word? Currently my WORD can convert :-) to a single smiley face. Where in WORD or Windows XP is this function created?
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Bad link.....
Try this one....
http://www.microsoft.com/w
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by: johnb6767Posted on 2008-01-26 at 10:28:07ID: 20750600
Are you referring to the Character Map?
esources/d ocumentati on/windows /xp/ all/pr oddocs/en- us/uce_ins ertspecial .mspx
Microsoft Windows XP - Insert a special character into a document
http://www.microsoft.com/r