Thursday, June 27, 2013

How to Make Those Symbols with Your Keyboard

My friend, Myrtle just sent me a helpful hint that I really love.  I don't need most of these symbols, but there have been so many times that I needed the degree symbol and the cent sign but couldn't find it.

Woo hoo!  Now I know and now  you do too!  And now I need to find a place to put this where I can remember.



HOW TO MAKE SYMBOLS WITH KEYBOARD
(Use numbers on number pad, not on numbers
on the line below the function keys.)
– in case you didn’t know  ☼ 
                 
Alt + 0153..... ™... trademark symbol
Alt + 0169.... ©.... copyright symbol
Alt + 0174..... ®....registered ­ trademark symbol
Alt + 0176 ...°......degre­e symbol
Alt + 0177 ...±....plus-or­-minus sign
Alt + 0182 ...¶.....paragr­aph mark
Alt + 0190 ...¾....fractio­n, three-fourths
Alt + 0215 ....×.....multi­plication sign
Alt + 0162...¢....the ­ cent sign
Alt + 0161.....¡.....­.upside down exclamation point
Alt + 0191.....¿..... ­upside down question mark
Alt + 1.......☺....sm­iley face
Alt + 2 ......☻.....bla­ck smiley face
Alt + 15.....☼.....su­n
Alt + 12......♀.....f­emale sign
Alt + 11.....♂......m­ale sign
Alt + 6.......♠.....s­pade
Alt + 5.......♣...... ­Club
Alt + 3.......♥...... ­Heart
Alt + 4.......♦...... ­Diamond
Alt + 13......♪.....e­ighth note
Alt + 14......♫...... ­beamed eighth note
Alt + 8721.... ∑.... N-ary summation (auto sum)
Alt + 251.....√.....s­quare root check mark
Alt + 8236.....∞..... ­infinity
Alt + 24.......↑..... ­up arrow
Alt + 25......↓...... ­down arrow
Alt + 26.....→.....ri­ght arrow
Alt + 27......←.....l­eft arrow
Alt + 18.....↕......u­p/down arrow
Alt + 29......↔...lef­t right arrow
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20 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 12:58 AM

    Hey! I didn't know this! Very cool. Mahalo, DrumMajor

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  2. VagabondeJune 27, 2013 at 1:53 AM

    That is great! Thanks for the tip. Now I wish they also had the accents we need when writing in French.

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    1. Ugich KonitariJune 27, 2013 at 2:29 AM

      if u r on a windows machine, click on Start (lower left), then Programs > Accesories > System tools > Character Map. You can choose , copy and paste the accented alphabet or character, that you need from there. Voilà !

      Incidentally, some of the characters in Kays post are also there in this set of characters. Do check !

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    2. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 6:55 AM

      Thanks, I found the Character Map...¢...it works, just copy and paste as I did the cents sign here!! Never used this before.

      L...w

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    3. KayJune 27, 2013 at 8:53 AM

      I just did this and found that Character Map. Thank you, Ugich! I just LOVE learning from each other.

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  3. DJanJune 27, 2013 at 2:27 AM

    I don't have a second set of number keys on my laptop, so I'm wondering if it will still work on a Mac. I'll give it a try. Nope. Alt-3 gives me this: £ (the pound sign, right?) I'll bet this works somehow on Macs. :-)

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  4. VagabondeJune 27, 2013 at 2:27 AM

    I found a link that gives all the symbols, including accents for foreign languages – here it is: http://www.alt-codes.net/

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  5. DJanJune 27, 2013 at 2:35 AM

    Trying again, after checking in Google. ♥ Yayy! You just type (together) Option-Command-T and a neat little box comes up with all kinds of things, including just about everything! Thanks, Kay! ❤

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  6. DinaJune 27, 2013 at 2:36 AM

    Oi, but my notebook computer has no number pad. Oh well, thanks anyway, Kay. You go have fun with it.

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  7. jabblogJune 27, 2013 at 2:41 AM

    Interesting - some of these I get with 'insert' in Word but these are quicker for a blog post.

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  8. OlgaJune 27, 2013 at 3:04 AM

    I knew how to do this on my PC. Thanks to DJan, now I know how to do this on my new MAC. Thanks for posting this tip!

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  9. JeanieJune 27, 2013 at 3:27 AM

    I'm not sure how much I will you most of these symbols, but it is fun to know I can.

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  10. ChristineJune 27, 2013 at 3:43 AM

    ok saving these, thanks Kay! I made an art post the other day using Timbuktu, Mali as an address, inspired by you!
    http://www.cmlk79.blogspot.ca/2013/06/creative-tuesdays-weve-moved-theme.html

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  11. Great Grandma LinJune 27, 2013 at 3:51 AM

    wow, I'll have to save this somewhere...great hints! I'm always looking for a copyright symbol...

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  12. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 4:13 AM

    Thanks I will try some of these soon. Dianne

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  13. MageJune 27, 2013 at 6:23 AM

    Oh, boy. Now this is useful stuff. Thanks.

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  14. CloudiaJune 27, 2013 at 9:49 AM

    How cool!


    Thanks :-)

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  15. Linda ReederJune 27, 2013 at 9:51 AM

    Fun. I had no idea. I'll have to try these out when I move to my desk top computer. No number pad on my lap top.

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  16. AdamJune 27, 2013 at 5:18 PM

    I knew of this via my German teacher, there were some umlauts inputs he taught us.

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  17. DeniseinVAJune 28, 2013 at 1:18 AM

    I always wondered how to do these. Thanks Kay!
    Denise
    An English Girl Rambles

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