I’m typing up some of my lecture notes using onenote at the moment (I know I’m missing out on a lot of it’s functionality by using a PC, but I like the structure of how it saves things).
I’ve got to type in a lot of formulae, which means putting in a lot of greek characters like sigma, delta etc and other characters like the integral symbol.
In Microsoft Word, I had a lot of keyboard shortcuts set up that enabled me to quickly put them into the document. Onenote does not have this (for now, I’m using the trial version, but I dont think this will be the problem).
I’ve searched the web for the ASCII codes for the characters, but can’t find them anywhere. Does anyone else know a better method for inputing them into text?
I don’t know what “onenote” is, but you can access special characters using the Windows Character Map. Go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories - > System Tools to open it. From there you can copy any characters in any font and paste them into your program.
Thank you, but I’m looking for a way that’s a little faster! Onenote is another part of the office suite, it’s for making notes on meetings/classes.
It still has the insert>symbol option, but that’s a little slow for me! In word I know the shortcuts and can insert them without using the mouse at all.
I thought there was a series of codes that you could use to type ALT+1234 or somethign and it’d come up with the symbol that you’d need. Anyone know where I can find these codes?
You are correct; ALT+### will insert certain corresponding ASCII identities into the current document, but not all symbols have ALT+### references. ∑, for example, doesn’t have one.
I should point out that there are no ASCII codes for Greek letters. The codes needed for Greek letters vary depending on what font and encoding scheme the document uses, so, unless you know this, there won’t be a definite ALT sequence that’s always valid.
The standard encoding scheme for Greek is ISO-8559-7; your documents probably use this, but they may use the old CP737 instead. Try both and see what happens.
I know this thread is pretty old, but this question never gets old…
in Windows 10 you can add a greek keyboard to your system. Then use On-Screen-Keyboard (osk), switch between your local language and greek keyboards. This is not very fast, but the more you use the easier it gets:
How to use On-Screen-Keyboard: click on start button and type osk and hit enter. The On Screen Keyboard will appear on your screen.
How to add a greek keyboard to your system: click on the start button and type “language”. the “Regions and Language Settings” menu will appear. click it. A new screen will appear. Click “Add a Language” and choose Greek.
Before you move on, you need to make sure that on-screen keyboard has the focus, so click on it. then…
At the end of your start menu bar, near the time and date you will see an abbreviation of your local language (e.g. “ENG” for English). click it. A menu will pop up with the list of keyboards. click on the Greek keyboard. and notice that the On-screen Keyboard buttons change to greek letters.
Click on OneNote (or any other application) and start typing greek text.
Once done, change the keyboard to your local language.
Warning: if you turn off your computer before you change language back to your normal language, you will probably lock yourself out because your password will be in Greek and it won’t allow you to log in until you change the key board back to your normal language. This always happens to me.
enjoy.