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I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a document.

I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the Symbols

font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down the ALT

key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the numberic

keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push the "x".

I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce the

check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a

number or letter

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Bill 43
 
"Bill 43" said this in news item

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> I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a

> document.

> I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

> actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

> Symbols

> font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down the

> ALT

> key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the

> numberic

> keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push the

> "x".

> I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce the

> check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a

> number or letter

> --

> Bill 43



What you see is a hex code. When you see D6 then you must type 0214. Use

calc.exe in hex mode to perform the translation and remember to always start

with a 0. And instead of using the Alt-trick, why not click Select, then

Copy while in charmap? Much easier!
 
Bill 43 wrote:



> I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a document.

> I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

> actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the Symbols

> font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down the ALT

> key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the numberic

> keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push the "x".

> I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce the

> check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a

> number or letter



Why not just double-click on the character(s) you want (or select them and

hit the Select button) and then use Copy to put those character(s) into the

clipboard? Then just use Paste in whatever app you want to use them.
 
Are you referring to Ö (capital letter oh with umlaut; ALT+0214)?





Bill 43 wrote:

> I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a

> document.

> I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

> actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

> Symbols

> font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down the

> ALT

> key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the

> numberic

> keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push the

> "x". I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not

> produce

> the check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with

> a

> number or letter
 
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:

> Are you referring to O (capital letter oh with umlaut; ALT+0214)?

>

>



No, he's trying to extract one character from the Symbol font.
 
HeyBub wrote:

>> Are you referring to Ö (capital letter oh with umlaut; ALT+0214)?

>

> No, he's trying to extract one character from the Symbol font.



[intentionally posted in UTF-8 encoding]



Are you clairvoyant now, too?
 
"Bill 43" wrote in message

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>I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a document.

> I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

> actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

> Symbols

> font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down the

> ALT

> key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the

> numberic

> keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push the

> "x".

> I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce the

> check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a

> number or letter

> --

> Bill 43



Try ALT+251. It's not really a checkmark, but may be close enough for what

you want.

--

SC Tom
 
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:

> HeyBub wrote:

>>> Are you referring to O (capital letter oh with umlaut; ALT+0214)?

>>

>> No, he's trying to extract one character from the Symbol font.

>

> [intentionally posted in UTF-8 encoding]

>

> Are you clairvoyant now, too?



Uh, no. Just literate. You'd be surprised at how often that's enough.



But thanks for asking.



From the OP:

"... It is the code for a check mark in the Symbols font. It says the code

is 0xD6.... "
 
Bill 43 wrote:

> I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a

> document.

> I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

> actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

> Symbols font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to

> hold down the ALT key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no

> letters on the numberic keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x"

> means. Does that mean push the "x". I have tryed many different ways

> to enter this but it does not produce the check mark. Please advise.

> Also, don't know if that code leads with a number or letter



You've got to do two things:

1. Add the character as Alt-0214, and

2. Change the font for that single character to "Symbol"
 
"HeyBub" wrote in message

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> Bill 43 wrote:

>> I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a

>> document.

>> I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

>> actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

>> Symbols font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to

>> hold down the ALT key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no

>> letters on the numberic keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x"

>> means. Does that mean push the "x". I have tryed many different ways

>> to enter this but it does not produce the check mark. Please advise.

>> Also, don't know if that code leads with a number or letter

>

> You've got to do two things:

> 1. Add the character as Alt-0214, and

> 2. Change the font for that single character to "Symbol"

>



Or just use Alt+251 with the current font.

--

SC Tom
 
SC Tom wrote:

>>

>> You've got to do two things:

>> 1. Add the character as Alt-0214, and

>> 2. Change the font for that single character to "Symbol"

>>

>

> Or just use Alt+251 with the current font.



Well, no.



Alt+251 in Courier gets a lower-case Cyrillic character, "u" with circumflex

in Western Ariel (and many other fonts like Bookman, Century Gothic, etc.),

and a stylistic "x" in Wingdings.
 
Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help

--

Bill 43





"SC Tom" wrote:



>

> "Bill 43" wrote in message

> news:7E1E6122-5244-4072-BE95-309DDCCD6209@microsoft.com...

> >I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a document.

> > I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

> > actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

> > Symbols

> > font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down the

> > ALT

> > key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the

> > numberic

> > keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push the

> > "x".

> > I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce the

> > check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a

> > number or letter

> > --

> > Bill 43

>

> Try ALT+251. It's not really a checkmark, but may be close enough for what

> you want.

> --

> SC Tom

>

> .

>
 
"HeyBub" wrote in message

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> SC Tom wrote:

>>>

>>> You've got to do two things:

>>> 1. Add the character as Alt-0214, and

>>> 2. Change the font for that single character to "Symbol"

>>>

>>

>> Or just use Alt+251 with the current font.

>

> Well, no.

>

> Alt+251 in Courier gets a lower-case Cyrillic character, "u" with

> circumflex in Western Ariel (and many other fonts like Bookman, Century

> Gothic, etc.), and a stylistic "x" in Wingdings.

>



Not on my PC, or in Word 2003. It's Alt+251, not Alt+0251 (which will give

you the "u").

--

SC Tom
 
You're welcome.

--

SC Tom



"Bill 43" wrote in message

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> Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help

> --

> Bill 43

>

>

> "SC Tom" wrote:

>

>>

>> "Bill 43" wrote in message

>> news:7E1E6122-5244-4072-BE95-309DDCCD6209@microsoft.com...

>> >I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a

>> >document.

>> > I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

>> > actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

>> > Symbols

>> > font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down

>> > the

>> > ALT

>> > key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the

>> > numberic

>> > keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push

>> > the

>> > "x".

>> > I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce

>> > the

>> > check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a

>> > number or letter

>> > --

>> > Bill 43

>>

>> Try ALT+251. It's not really a checkmark, but may be close enough for

>> what

>> you want.

>> --

>> SC Tom

>>

>> .

>>
 


>>

>> Try ALT+251. It's not really a checkmark, but may be close enough for what

>> you want.

>> --

>> SC Tom



On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:21:01 -0800, Bill 43

wrote:



>Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help



As others have said, the whole purpose of charmap is to make typing

hexcodes unnecessary.



But I guess you are gone by now and won't read this.



>Bill 43

>

>

>"SC Tom" wrote:

>

>>

>> "Bill 43" wrote in message

>> news:7E1E6122-5244-4072-BE95-309DDCCD6209@microsoft.com...

>> >I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a document.

>> > I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

>> > actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

>> > Symbols

>> > font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down the

>> > ALT

>> > key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the

>> > numberic

>> > keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push the

>> > "x".

>> > I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce the

>> > check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a

>> > number or letter

>> > --

>> > Bill 43
 
Bill, try to set your keyboard to US International. I've forgotten the

steps, but with the right options, US International lets you use

dead keys to enter diacriticals for several European languages, German and

French in particular. For the Slavic languages (Czech,

Slovak, etc) I still have to use character map, though there might be a way

to use dead keys also.



For example, pressing " (double quote) followed by a vowel will translate to

the umlauted vowel, eg, ä. A ` (backward single quote) followed by a vowel

translates to the vowel with an accent grave, eg è.





"Bill 43" wrote in message

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> Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help

> --

> Bill 43

>

>

> "SC Tom" wrote:

>

>>

>> "Bill 43" wrote in message

>> news:7E1E6122-5244-4072-BE95-309DDCCD6209@microsoft.com...

>> >I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a

>> >document.

>> > I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

>> > actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

>> > Symbols

>> > font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down

>> > the

>> > ALT

>> > key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the

>> > numberic

>> > keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push

>> > the

>> > "x".

>> > I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce

>> > the

>> > check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a

>> > number or letter

>> > --

>> > Bill 43

>>

>> Try ALT+251. It's not really a checkmark, but may be close enough for

>> what

>> you want.

>> --

>> SC Tom

>>

>> .

>>
 
0xD6 - Looks like a Hex code what you want is a decimal number which should

be 214 or ALT+0214







"Bill 43" wrote in message

news:7E1E6122-5244-4072-BE95-309DDCCD6209@microsoft.com...

>I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a document.

> I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty

> actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the

> Symbols

> font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down the

> ALT

> key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the

> numberic

> keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push the

> "x".

> I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce the

> check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a

> number or letter

> --

> Bill 43
 
"Keith Snyder" said this in news item

news:KfEfn.2462$XI1.1675@newsfe04.iad...

> Bill, try to set your keyboard to US International. I've forgotten the

> steps, but with the right options, US International lets you use

> dead keys to enter diacriticals for several European languages, German and

> French in particular. For the Slavic languages (Czech,

> Slovak, etc) I still have to use character map, though there might be a

> way to use dead keys also.

>

> For example, pressing " (double quote) followed by a vowel will translate

> to the umlauted vowel, eg, ä. A ` (backward single quote) followed by a

> vowel translates to the vowel with an accent grave, eg è.

>



You can roll your own dead keys, using Microsoft's keyboard creator

(http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx). It's an extremely

powerful and versatile tool but its use is not exactly intuitive. Post again

if you require further details.
 
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