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Insert Windows symbols from the keyboard rather than from the Symbols chart
Posted on 2013-11-18
Hello,
What is the method used to insert Windows (7) symbols from the keyboard rather than from the Symbol chart?
The following two screenshots show an up arrow selected in the Symbols chart which has been set to Font = Symbol:
In these figures, the up arrow is shown to correspond with:
Unicode name = Symbol: 173
Character code = 173 from Symbol (decimal)
Character code = 00AD from Symbol (hex)
I understand that hex numbering is a base 16 system utilizing
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
and I have seen charts listing character & symbol codes for both Unicode and Hex, but the purpose of this post is to ask if someone can explain how to enter symbols directly from the keyboard into any application.
Thanks
What is the method used to insert Windows (7) symbols from the keyboard rather than from the Symbol chart?
The following two screenshots show an up arrow selected in the Symbols chart which has been set to Font = Symbol:
In these figures, the up arrow is shown to correspond with:Unicode name = Symbol: 173
Character code = 173 from Symbol (decimal)
Character code = 00AD from Symbol (hex)
I understand that hex numbering is a base 16 system utilizing
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
and I have seen charts listing character & symbol codes for both Unicode and Hex, but the purpose of this post is to ask if someone can explain how to enter symbols directly from the keyboard into any application.
Thanks
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By the way, some time ago I found a useful utility called:
The UnicodeInput Utility
It works great but as mentioned, my goal in this thread is to learn if symbols and characters not found on a standard keyboard can be inserted without needing to use the Symbol chart or a utility.
The UnicodeInput Utility
It works great but as mentioned, my goal in this thread is to learn if symbols and characters not found on a standard keyboard can be inserted without needing to use the Symbol chart or a utility.
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You should be able to hold down "Alt" key and type 0 1 7 3 on the numeric keypad.
Note that what ever you are entering this into, ie. Word, etc, still needs to have the font set as Symbol, otherwise you will get whatever code 173 is in whatever font is selected.
Note that what ever you are entering this into, ie. Word, etc, still needs to have the font set as Symbol, otherwise you will get whatever code 173 is in whatever font is selected.
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Hi Steve,
If you hold down the Alt key and enter 24 on the numeric keypad, you will get the up arrow. Note that it will not work if you enter 24 on the top row of keys...it must be on the numeric keypad. Likewise, Alt-25 will give you the down arrow, 26 the right arrow, 27 the left arrow, and 29 a two-headed (horizontal) arrow. Here they are:
¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
Regards, Joe
If you hold down the Alt key and enter 24 on the numeric keypad, you will get the up arrow. Note that it will not work if you enter 24 on the top row of keys...it must be on the numeric keypad. Likewise, Alt-25 will give you the down arrow, 26 the right arrow, 27 the left arrow, and 29 a two-headed (horizontal) arrow. Here they are:
¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿
Regards, Joe
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Oops...I guess EE doesn't like 'em. Here they are in Word:
And it doesn't matter what font is selected at the time. When I entered the above into Word, the active font was Calibri. However, this technique is specific for those arrow symbols. If you want to be able to select anything in the Symbol chart, then mccarl is correct...you need to have Symbol selected as the font and use the relevant codes (again, with the numeric keypad, not the top row of numbers). Regards, Joe
And it doesn't matter what font is selected at the time. When I entered the above into Word, the active font was Calibri. However, this technique is specific for those arrow symbols. If you want to be able to select anything in the Symbol chart, then mccarl is correct...you need to have Symbol selected as the font and use the relevant codes (again, with the numeric keypad, not the top row of numbers). Regards, Joe
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And it doesn't matter what font is selected at the timeActually, it still does... but in a different way. At least in my environment, having Symbol selected as the font actually gives little boxes for the Alt+24,25,26,27, and on a different font (Bookman I think it was) I get chinese characters!
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