Quoth Derleth:
Unless, of course, one has trained oneself to read wingdings… But then, I suppose that any such person would also read ROT-13. Seriously, though, that is a genuinely good idea.
[hijack]Over the holidays, the physics department had a big construction-paper poster up in the atrium with “Merry Christmas” or an equivalent benediction in a multitude of languages. Among those represented were Wingdings and ASCII hex.[/hijack]
OK, I’m offically stumped. I’ve been converting the code of a Word document from Word’95 to Word2000, and the last remaining element that presents a risk for corruption is a symbol. It’s Microsft Symbol 61537. In Unicode, it’s 221D. I can’t find, for the life of me, if there’s an <alt> sequence that will enter this symbol directly, or if I have to continue to rely on the MS Symbol font.
Any thoughts?
I’m stumped too.
But then; I know nothing about computers. Don’t wanna know either.
How come I can make those ä Ä ç Ç
like in käse or Curaçao ?
I’m assuming you are using a nonstandard keyboard. Are those letters keys on your keyboard? It might help if you tell us where you bought it. It might be a European model.
BTW, I’m glad to see this thread is back in the running.
errrrrm. I bought the keyboard in Holland. But it’s in English. [enter-delete-page down- are not Dutch words ;)]
There’s also the $$$ key.
No, those ä ü & ç aren’t keys. I use the** " **above a letter. Or a ** ’ **
Can you see this: €
?
That’s the Euro sign. That’s not on my keyboard either. I hit ctrl + alt and then 5.
Thank you for helping me understand. I’m a :wally
OK. You apparently have ‘dead keys’, or keys that are normally defined as actual keys that, in some contexts, modify other keys to send special characters to the computer.
You apparently know what you’re doing.
And, yes, I can see the Euro symbol. 
:eek: dead keys? 
Thank you. I don’t think I know what I’m doing, but thank you.
It’s easy to get a lot of these alternate letterings by punching in the right 4-digit sequence on the number pad while holding down the Alt key.
You can find what does what by going to one of the standard fonts (like Arial or Times New Roman) on the Character Map.
For instance, you go there and find Ç. Click on it, and the toolbar at the bottom tells you that Alt-0199 gets you the capital-C-with-cedilla. Or Alt-0162 allows you to put in your 2¢ worth, Alt-0186 enables you to complain that it feels like it’s 105º in your office, and with Alt-0248, you can type in the møøse credits from MP&HG. With Alt-0191, you can use the interrogative in Spanish (¿Que pasa, hombre?), and Alt-0161 allows Spanish exclamations (¡Viva Ché!).
Alt-0128 gets you €uros, but I’ve a ¥en to see what Alt-0165 produces.
Etcetera.
Just gathering related threads together with a link to the good info provided in
ALT + 0164 is ¤
Bosda
I was thinking of posting a link to my website, but some people think I promote it too much. However, now that this question has been raised in ATMB then here is where you can go to find a great many of those symbols:
(My site is free. No log-ins. No advertising - and is dishwasher safe.)
☼?
Hmmm…some codes are not SDMB friendly, but it is a good page, altogether.
Many thanks.