unicode - how enter alphabetical character on numeric keyboard?

[Lee]

Hello

I hope someone here can help on this - I am sure I am being stupid.

My father in law's name contains a g [Unicode U+011F] character. I would
like to work out how to type this using my keyboard instead of having to go
to character map every time I write his name.

Microsoft's website states that I should be able to do so (with Num Lock on)
by holding down the Alt key and typing the unicode code on my numeric
keypad. I assume this to mean "hold down the ALT key and press 011F on the
keypad".

How do I type an F in my keypad? What am I missing?

Yours in confusion.

Lee

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

011F maybe a hex #= base 16, not 10
so its really 256+16+15

HTH-Larry

Hello

I hope someone here can help on this - I am sure I am being stupid.

My father in law's name contains a g [Unicode U+011F] character. I would
like to work out how to type this using my keyboard instead of having to go
to character map every time I write his name.

Microsoft's website states that I should be able to do so (with Num Lock on)
by holding down the Alt key and typing the unicode code on my numeric
keypad. I assume this to mean "hold down the ALT key and press 011F on the
keypad".

How do I type an F in my keypad? What am I missing?

Yours in confusion.

Lee

Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[MyVeryOwnSelf]

My father in law's name contains a g [Unicode U+011F] character. I

would like to work out how to type this using my keyboard instead of
having to go to character map every time I write his name.

Microsoft's website states that I should be able to do so (with Num
Lock on) by holding down the Alt key and typing the unicode code on my
numeric keypad. I assume this to mean "hold down the ALT key and press
011F on the keypad".

How do I type an F in my keypad? What am I missing?

The keyboard shortcut uses decimal numbers, but the "U+" number is
hexadecimal.

The decimal equivalent of U+011F is 287, so Alt-0287 will produce the
Unicode character. Here, I'll do it: ?.

Of course, whether or not the character actually shows up depends on
whether it's in the font available where you're typing. I tried it in a
file name (for example) and it didn't show up. Where I typed it above in
Word it showed up, but it probably won't by the time it goes through the
steps for news-group posting.

If you're using Word, you can get it down to two keystrokes by adding it to
the list under
Tools > AutoCorrect options
For example, you could make the combination of comma followed by g auto-
correct to the character you want.

 

[Don MI]

Hello

I hope someone here can help on this - I am sure I am being stupid.

My father in law's name contains a g [Unicode U+011F] character. I would
like to work out how to type this using my keyboard instead of having to
go to character map every time I write his name.

Microsoft's website states that I should be able to do so (with Num Lock
on) by holding down the Alt key and typing the unicode code on my numeric
keypad. I assume this to mean "hold down the ALT key and press 011F on the
keypad".

How do I type an F in my keypad? What am I missing?

Yours in confusion.

Lee

Try typing the unicode followed by Alt+x {no space following the unicode}.

The combination ALT+number on numerical keyboard is for the keystroke code
sequence not the unicode.

Don

 

[Lee]

Try typing the unicode followed by Alt+x {no space following the unicode}.

Now, that is wonderful. It works!

Thank you.

 

[Lee]

011F maybe a hex #= base 16, not 10
so its really 256+16+15

Sorry, this completely passed me by!

You were correct in that it needs to be converted to decimal.

Many thanks

L

 

[Lee]

The keyboard shortcut uses decimal numbers, but the "U+" number is
hexadecimal.

The decimal equivalent of U+011F is 287, so Alt-0287 will produce the
Unicode character. Here, I'll do it: ?.

This was the key - of course the character was lost in the conversion to
news-server ASCII but I understood what you meant.

Of course, whether or not the character actually shows up depends on
whether it's in the font available where you're typing. I tried it in a
file name (for example) and it didn't show up. Where I typed it above in
Word it showed up, but it probably won't by the time it goes through the
steps for news-group posting.

If you're using Word, you can get it down to two keystrokes by adding it
to
the list under
Tools > AutoCorrect options
For example, you could make the combination of comma followed by g auto-
correct to the character you want.

That is a useful suggestion.

Thanks

L

 

[MyVeryOwnSelf]

If you're using Word, you can get it down to two keystrokes by adding

That is a useful suggestion.

Actually, if somebody's name is your only use of the special letter, it
might be useful to have an auto-correct entry for the whole name.