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How do you enter Unicode into a document?
Posted on 2013-01-05
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Hello,
How do you enter Unicode into a document?
For example, the following chart is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_alphabet (near the bottom of the page).
Googling this question led me to this instruction page: http://www.fileformat.info/tip/microsoft/enter_unicode.htm but it's got five different sets of instructions, none of which I seem to be understanding. :P
Is there a simple single answer?
Thanks
Note: I'm not sure how to categorize this question so please feel free to forward it to an appropriate zone. Thanks
==========================
Hello,
How do you enter Unicode into a document?
For example, the following chart is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_alphabet (near the bottom of the page).
Googling this question led me to this instruction page: http://www.fileformat.info/tip/microsoft/enter_unicode.htm but it's got five different sets of instructions, none of which I seem to be understanding. :P
Is there a simple single answer?
Thanks
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No, there is not a single simple answer. Unicode provides about 1 million different character codes for many different languages. You can choose some options in the Control Panel under Regional and Language settings. You do have to have a font that contains the characters you are trying to use.
From http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/install-the-universal-font-for-unicode-HP005255840.aspx :
Also Alan Wood's Fonts and Unicode Resources http://www.alanwood.net/
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.aspx
From http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/install-the-universal-font-for-unicode-HP005255840.aspx :
Arial Unicode MS font is a full Unicode font. It contains all of the characters, ideographs, and symbols defined in the Unicode 2.1 standard.
Also Alan Wood's Fonts and Unicode Resources http://www.alanwood.net/
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.aspx
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Steve
The Windows Character Map utility might help, depending on what characters you need.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Using-special-characters-Character-Map-frequently-asked-questions
http://www.7tutorials.com/use-special-characters-windows-7-character-map
http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/charmap.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH7z-VLXNLg
In MS Word you can also use the Insert > Symbol option to add some special characters.
The Windows Character Map utility might help, depending on what characters you need.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Using-special-characters-Character-Map-frequently-asked-questions
http://www.7tutorials.com/use-special-characters-windows-7-character-map
http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/charmap.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH7z-VLXNLg
In MS Word you can also use the Insert > Symbol option to add some special characters.
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The following is a great utility and to date is the best solution I have found for entering Unicode:
The UnicodeInput Utility
The following is a great utility and to date is the best solution I have found for entering Unicode:
The UnicodeInput Utility
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