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hey how can i use special charachters in winbl0ws?

post #1 of 5
7/24/03 at 6:58pm
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specifically, i would like find the special key combo to create the symbol for degrees, you know the little circle with about a 10 point kerning by the number....
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post #2 of 5
7/24/03 at 8:11pm
You can run character map to list all the special characters for a particular font. Or you can use the alt+#### shortcut.

Alt+248 makes it. °
°°°hold down alt and then using the number pad type. You have to use the number pad you can't use the numbers along the top of the keyboard.


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post #3 of 5
7/24/03 at 11:51pm
Yeah, I have a slick excel spreadsheet that I made...

Take 3 columns of 32 numbers starting at 128, then the second column starts at 160 and so on until 255 (the last number in the right-most column).

Then insert (or if you read all of this before doing the numbers above) a BLANK column immediately to the RIGHT of each column of numbers... here you enter "=CHAR(A1)" (where 'A1' is where 128 is), then copy that down and repeat for each column.

Print this out, and there's your cheat-sheet.

ALT +0### (i.e. ALT+0128 for €)
128€160 192À224à
129161¡193Á225á
130‚162¢194Â226â
131ƒ163£195Ã227ã
132„164¤196Ä228ä
133…165¥197Å229å
134†166¦198Æ230æ
135‡167§199Ç231ç
136ˆ168¨200È232è
137‰169©201É233é
138Š170ª202Ê234ê
139‹171«203Ë235ë
140Œ172¬204Ì236ì
141173_205Í237í
142Ž174®206Î238î
143175¯207Ï239ï
144176°208Ð240ð
145‘177±209Ñ241ñ
146’178²210Ò242ò
147“179³211Ó243ó
148”180´212Ô244ô
149•181µ213Õ245õ
150–182¶214Ö246ö
151—183·215×247÷
152˜184¸216Ø248ø
153™185¹217Ù249ù
154š186º218Ú250ú
155›187»219Û251û
156œ188¼220Ü252ü
157189½221Ý253ý
158ž190¾222Þ254þ
159Ÿ191¿223ß255ÿ

Of course, the formatting sucks, but that's the idea. Then you know to hit "ALT" and "0" before each 3 different numbers (i.e. ALT+0128 = €) - don't forget that leading zero.

This is where the 888x models really shine, as this sucks on the top-row numbers (keypad is much faster).

-myrkat

PS: PM me with your e-mail if you want me to send you the XLS sheet.

EDIT: changed font, formatting is better now.
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post #4 of 5
7/25/03 at 12:53am
Thats pretty handy actually, you have a PM
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post #5 of 5
7/26/03 at 5:59pm
Thread Starter 
hats off to you gents. that really helped. no more drawing little circles!
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