character map

[Bill 43]

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

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

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

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!

 

[VanguardLH]

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.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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

 

[Bill 43]

I am not referring to the capital oh with umlaut- just whatever I need to
type to make a check mark. The reason I did not want to just copy and paste
from character map is because it will be a mark I wish to use over and over
on many occasions and I thought it would be quicker to have a keyboard
shortcup to it. Thanhk you

 

[HeyBub]

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

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

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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

[intentionally posted in UTF-8 encoding]

Are you clairvoyant now, too?

 

[SC Tom]

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

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

 

[HeyBub]

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.... "

 

[HeyBub]

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"

 

[SC Tom]

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.

 

[HeyBub]

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.

 

[Bill 43]

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

 

[SC Tom]

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

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

 

[mm]

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.

 

[Keith Snyder]

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.

 

[ruic]

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

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

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.