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Comment from Darren Clarisse De Vera on 2010-04-19

2010-04-20T05:10:01Z

how to type a peso sign

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Comment from Anne Ramirez on 2009-11-23

2009-11-24T06:25:32Z

Hi!! i need some help... May i ask the combination code of philippine peso sign in keyboard using microsoft word... thank you...

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Comment from linda larkin on 2009-10-17

2009-10-17T15:42:14Z

i typed ALT 0128 and got some weird character like a piece of a corner. i was in an AOL email. but when i type it here it shows properly. �

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Comment from jojo villaluz on 2009-10-14

2009-10-14T23:57:07Z

Thanks Leo your articles are all so informative. May I ask how about the combination keys for a peso sign, thanks again...

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Comment from Tom Abisalih on 2009-10-13

2009-10-13T16:19:13Z

In Windows XP some of the more common characters like accents (�), �, tilde (�), section (�), etc. can be more intuitvely key-struck by setting your keyboard to "United States-International".

Go to the Regional and Language Options control panel, click Details on the Languages tab, and on the Settings tab you should be able to select or add this keyboard in the Installed services window.

After a little trial and error you can find and strike most of these characters using the ALT key on the right-hand side and the letter that most resembles the character. You may need to add the SHIFT key as well. For example I get the section symbol (�) by hitting RightALT-SHIFT-S.

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Comment from Glenn P. on 2009-10-11

2009-10-11T07:18:04Z

"Character Map" -- CharMap.EXE -- is located within your "C:\WINDOWS\System32" directory (or "folder" to use Microsoft-speak). I place a shortcut to it on my (classic view) Start Menu, so that it's immediately available if I need it.

Be aware that using CharMap does have two very distinct disadvantages:

First, to be used correctly, you need to switch it to whatever font you happen to be writing/editing in at the moment, which -- on a system with a couple of hundred fonts on it -- can be rather time consuming!

And Second, after selecting the correct font, you do need to (tediously) peruse the table of characters to hunt out the character you need -- which may (or may not!) be a hunt in vain, since not every font has every available character. If you happen to be using a font which omits the character you need, you're out of luck -- all you can do is switch to some other, more complete, font!

Still, if the latter's the case, CharMap's your quickest and most definitive way of finding that out! And if you don't want to mess around with memorizing "ALT" codes, CharMap's "point-&-click" interface can't be beat. :)

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Comment from Merna B. on 2009-10-10

2009-10-11T06:02:55Z

(a) free download http://allchars.zwolnet.com/

(b) http://www.copypastecharacter.com/
To have the benefit of using this page when not online, I have saved the web page to my hard drive:

File
Save As ...
Save as type Web Archive, single file (*.mht)

There is a potential treasure trove of information at the http://www.germancorner.com/info/ page. I say "potential" because the "Hear the National Anthems" boxes at the top of the /info/ page do not work and there are older copyright dates on the bottom of the sublinks that do work. Those working sublinks contain a lot of information and downloads (including fonts and spellcheckers).

I also found the http://www.germancorner.com/education/index.html (one of the sublinks from the /info/ page) and its sublinks very interesting.

Merna B.

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Comment from Merna B. on 2009-10-10

2009-10-11T06:01:22Z

(a) free download http://allchars.zwolnet.com/

(b) http://www.copypastecharacter.com/
To have the benefit of using this page when not online, I have saved the web page to my hard drive:

File
Save As ...
Save as type Web Archive, single file (*.mht)

I also found the http://www.germancorner.com/education/index.html (one of the sublinks from the /info/ page) and its sublinks very interesting.

Merna B.

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Comment from Nigel Broder on 2009-10-08

2009-10-09T00:36:34Z

Ursula, You need to hold down the Alt key, not the Ctrl key.

Alt 0128 = �

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Comment from Ursula on 2009-10-07

2009-10-08T03:57:37Z

Now I found the "number lock" key..... I pushed on it, then I held down Ctrl 0128 to see what character I would get, and all that happened is that I got those 4 numbers in the body of my email

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Comment from Ursula on 2009-10-07

2009-10-08T03:48:12Z

I have a Dell laptop and there is no key that says "numbers lock"

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Comment from Balthazar on 2009-10-07

2009-10-08T03:01:50Z

For those who have not heard Leo on New York City radio on Oct. 7, 2009
http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/091007_200001pcs.MP3

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Comment from contractorr on 2009-10-07

2009-10-07T20:36:08Z

If you using any of MS Office programs like Word or excel, click on INSERT tab on ribbon. On Insert tab select Symbol, (shown as greek Omega)usually it is right most on robbon. Once you select Symbol, it will diplay a winow with all symbols you need.

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Comment from Neil Kirby on 2009-10-06

2009-10-06T21:37:35Z

If you are using Windows XP HE Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map can be useful to give you symbols/fractions/etc.

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Comment from Les on 2009-10-06

2009-10-06T20:41:54Z

Good tip, thanks Leo, but a bit cumbersome in practice. I am using Clavier+. It is magic and free. You can set your own keyboard shortcuts to dozens of characters. Find it at http://utilfr42.free.fr/

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Comment from Robert Graham on 2009-10-06

2009-10-06T19:31:14Z

Judi M, Unfortunately, my keyboard, which is a special USB keyboard, doesn't have a backslash anywhere (and I've tried every shft/alt combination I can think of).

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Comment from gautam kumar on 2009-10-06

2009-10-06T18:12:43Z

but how can i write power 5 6 7 .....
or fraction like 7/8 9/10 like this
or chemical formule like Cr2O5
i could not get

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Comment from Roy on 2009-10-06

2009-10-06T17:48:17Z

Another alternative source for extensive Special Characters,
Magickalmoon

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Comment from Judi M. on 2009-10-06

2009-10-06T17:22:44Z

Robert Graham, I think most keyboards have the backward slash just below the Backspace key and left of the Delete key (above the Enter key). You don't need upper case to type it. Hope this helps...

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Comment from John J Swain on 2009-10-06

2009-10-06T17:17:54Z

Here are some useful German Characters:

0228 = �
0246 = �
0252 = �

0196 = �
0214 = �
0220 = �

0223 = �

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Comment from Robert Graham on 2009-10-06

2009-10-06T16:47:50Z

That's all very well but what's the keystroke combination for backslash (I don't have it on my keyboard)?

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Comment from Jon Schweitzer on 2009-10-06

2009-10-06T15:11:13Z

This site has all of the combos. I've used it many times.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~marktfd/vzkeys.htm

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Comment from Chris Martin on 2009-10-04

2009-10-04T18:01:02Z

TwitterKeys allows you to pick special characters with FireFox.

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Comment from Jerry Russo on 2009-10-04

2009-10-04T15:47:41Z

Leo,

Thank you very much, this is just what I was looking for. You hit the nail right on the head, you scored 100 %.
Thanks again, I'm sure you will hear from me again.
Jerry � �

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