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Bill 43

Flightless Bird
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
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"Bill 43" <Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> said this in news item
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


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!
 
V

VanguardLH

Flightless Bird
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.
 
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PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
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
 
H

HeyBub

Flightless Bird
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.
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
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?
 
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SC Tom

Flightless Bird
"Bill 43" <Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
 
H

HeyBub

Flightless Bird
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.... "
 
H

HeyBub

Flightless Bird
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"
 
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SC Tom

Flightless Bird
"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:usbckeDsKHA.732@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> 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
 
H

HeyBub

Flightless Bird
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.
 
B

Bill 43

Flightless Bird
Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help
--
Bill 43


"SC Tom" wrote:

>
> "Bill 43" <Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
>
> .
>
 
S

SC Tom

Flightless Bird
"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23X6HfzKsKHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 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
 
S

SC Tom

Flightless Bird
You're welcome.
--
SC Tom

"Bill 43" <Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:21008458-C0B4-4DC1-AB20-A94D2AEFC53A@microsoft.com...
> Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help
> --
> Bill 43
>
>
> "SC Tom" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Bill 43" <Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
>>
>> .
>>
 
M

mm

Flightless Bird

>>
>> 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
<Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> 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" <Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
 
R

ruic

Flightless Bird
0xD6 - Looks like a Hex code what you want is a decimal number which should
be 214 or ALT+0214



"Bill 43" <Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
 
K

Keith Snyder

Flightless Bird
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" <Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:21008458-C0B4-4DC1-AB20-A94D2AEFC53A@microsoft.com...
> Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help
> --
> Bill 43
>
>
> "SC Tom" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Bill 43" <Bill43@discussions.microsoft.com> 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
>>
>> .
>>
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"Keith Snyder" <me@privacy.net> 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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