How to get special text characters, like fractions

[Charles]

I've seen 'em but I can't figure out how to get
characters that aren't on my keyboard, like fractions,
one half is not '1', '/', '2', it's just one key stroke.
Or those little apostrophre-like marks over vowels in the
spanish language, or the two little dots in the German
language. Do I need a keyboard with more keys??

[Sharon F]

Charles wrote:
> I've seen 'em but I can't figure out how to get
> characters that aren't on my keyboard, like fractions,
> one half is not '1', '/', '2', it's just one key stroke.
> Or those little apostrophre-like marks over vowels in the
> spanish language, or the two little dots in the German
> language. Do I need a keyboard with more keys??

Start> Run> charmap to open the Character Map.
Select a font that includes extended characters for fractions.
Use Select/Copy/Paste to transfer the symbol to your document
-or-
Click on the symbol you want. The keystrokes needed to "type" it yourself
will be displayed toward the bottom of the Character Map window. Usual
format will be "Alt+<a number sequence to be typed on numberpad>."
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Sharon F
Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User

[Ken Christensen]

Hi Charles,
You dont need a new keyboard, except if you really need to have a key
instead of using it trough "ASCII" code.

ASCII Code:
ASCII is a standalized tabel with all the signs we use, including normal
characters.
If your keyboard doesnt have the signs you use you can get them using "ALT"
+ numerized value.
You can find the values in an ASCII tabel, like the ones @
www.asciitable.com, so if you need to make the ½ symbol type ALT + 171,
because the ½ symbol has the number 171.

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Best Regards
Ken Christensen

www.kenman.tk
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"Charles" > wrote in message
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> I've seen 'em but I can't figure out how to get
> characters that aren't on my keyboard, like fractions,
> one half is not '1', '/', '2', it's just one key stroke.
> Or those little apostrophre-like marks over vowels in the
> spanish language, or the two little dots in the German
> language. Do I need a keyboard with more keys??

[Ken Blake]

In , Charles wrote:

> I've seen 'em but I can't figure out how to get
> characters that aren't on my keyboard, like fractions,
> one half is not '1', '/', '2', it's just one key stroke.
> Or those little apostrophre-like marks over vowels in the
> spanish language, or the two little dots in the German
> language. Do I need a keyboard with more keys??


There are several ways to do this. If your need for these is
fairly common, I recommend downloading and installing the
freeware program AllChars, which lets you get many such
characters by pressing the Ctrl key, followed by a two-character
mnemonic combination. For example, to get ñ, I press Ctrl n ~.

http://allchars.zwolnet.com

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Ken Blake
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[David Candy]

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