keystroke for symbols

[Smoke some]

keystroke for symbols

seen allot of symbols on different sites always wondered how They make them

For the degree symbol º

Hold down either Alt key and press 0186 on your number pad (not the top row of numbers)
I'm running xp pro some may have to press 0176

here's a few more


hold down the ALT key and press
0186  º
0188  ¼
0189  ½
0190  ¾
0162  ¢
0169  ©

hold down the ALT key and press

1  ☺
2  ☻
3  ♥
4  ♦
5  ♣
6  ♠
7  •
8  ◘
9  ○
10 ◙
11 ♂
12 ♀
13 ♪
14 ♫
15 ☼
16 ►
17 ◄
18 ↕
19 ‼
20 ¶
21 §

and so on
30 ▲
31 ▼

This works on windows not sure about the other systems.

[KevinG]

The temperature here is 89º F.

Wow, pretty cool. Sort of a delayed reaction before it shows up.

[KevinG]

I found out where that's at. If you open up word and then select insert symbol on the right of the Shortcut Key near the bottom it shows you what to type for what you have selected. A lot of stuff you can pick.

[Smoke some]

Now you tell me ;D ;D

[FLBentRider]

Not to discourage you, but those ascii codes may not be interpreted the same way for non-us character sets, i.e. our friends across the pond.

I'm pretty sure our Canadian friends use the same character set.

[KevinG]

So you're saying we could be inadvertently flipping them off.  ;D

[FLBentRider]

So you're saying we could be inadvertently flipping them off.  ;D

In Theory....

More likely it will just not make any sense. but then again....

[Oldman]

Thank you~~~! Really nice of you to share this information.
Olds

[Captainslug]

Also in the "Accessories" Folder there is a program called "Character Map".  I'm using Windows 7 and it is in a sub-folder called "System Tools", but I have seen it in the "Accessories" folder, somewhere, in all windows operating systems since Windows 98.  U can use this program for use with getting these same characters there and cut and paste in most software.  For example:

¼ ½ ¾ °

[ArnieM]

I hold down the "Windows" key and press L.  That locks the keyboard so that the cats can't order anything from eBay.  But I think they're working on the password  ;D

Also, using superscript and lowercase 'o' will give you degrees as in 60^oF.  Kevin, where are you with 89^oF?

[Habanero Smoker]

Thank SS.

I've been using Alt+0176 for the degree symbol, both work but using 0176 the symbol is smaller.

Alt plus
0176 = °
0186 = º

[squirtthecat]

Oh yes, charmap rules.    I use it a lot at work for testing with international characters..


Just FYI on the 0186 character:

[KevinG]

I hold down the "Windows" key and press L.  That locks the keyboard so that the cats can't order anything from eBay.  But I think they're working on the password  ;D

Also, using superscript and lowercase 'o' will give you degrees as in 60^oF.  Kevin, where are you with 89^oF?

Arizona, nice and comfy.  ;D

[Habanero Smoker]

Some of the Extended ASCII symbols have been posted on the recipe site.

Extended ASCII Characters