From: SC Tom on

"HeyBub" <heybub(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Bill 43 wrote:
>> I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a
>> document.
>> I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty
>> actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the
>> Symbols font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to
>> hold down the ALT key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no
>> letters on the numberic keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x"
>> means. Does that mean push the "x". I have tryed many different ways
>> to enter this but it does not produce the check mark. Please advise.
>> Also, don't know if that code leads with a number or letter
>
> You've got to do two things:
> 1. Add the character as Alt-0214, and
> 2. Change the font for that single character to "Symbol"
>

Or just use Alt+251 with the current font.
--
SC Tom

From: HeyBub on
SC Tom wrote:
>>
>> You've got to do two things:
>> 1. Add the character as Alt-0214, and
>> 2. Change the font for that single character to "Symbol"
>>
>
> Or just use Alt+251 with the current font.

Well, no.

Alt+251 in Courier gets a lower-case Cyrillic character, "u" with circumflex
in Western Ariel (and many other fonts like Bookman, Century Gothic, etc.),
and a stylistic "x" in Wingdings.


From: Bill 43 on
Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help
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Bill 43


"SC Tom" wrote:

>
> "Bill 43" <Bill43(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7E1E6122-5244-4072-BE95-309DDCCD6209(a)microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a document.
> > I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty
> > actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the
> > Symbols
> > font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down the
> > ALT
> > key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the
> > numberic
> > keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push the
> > "x".
> > I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce the
> > check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a
> > number or letter
> > --
> > Bill 43
>
> Try ALT+251. It's not really a checkmark, but may be close enough for what
> you want.
> --
> SC Tom
>
> .
>
From: SC Tom on

"HeyBub" <heybub(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> SC Tom wrote:
>>>
>>> You've got to do two things:
>>> 1. Add the character as Alt-0214, and
>>> 2. Change the font for that single character to "Symbol"
>>>
>>
>> Or just use Alt+251 with the current font.
>
> Well, no.
>
> Alt+251 in Courier gets a lower-case Cyrillic character, "u" with
> circumflex in Western Ariel (and many other fonts like Bookman, Century
> Gothic, etc.), and a stylistic "x" in Wingdings.
>

Not on my PC, or in Word 2003. It's Alt+251, not Alt+0251 (which will give
you the "u").
--
SC Tom

From: SC Tom on
You're welcome.
--
SC Tom

"Bill 43" <Bill43(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help
> --
> Bill 43
>
>
> "SC Tom" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Bill 43" <Bill43(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7E1E6122-5244-4072-BE95-309DDCCD6209(a)microsoft.com...
>> >I am trying to use character map to enter a certain symbol into a
>> >document.
>> > I have the character code and font installed but am having difficulty
>> > actually typing in the code. It is the code for a check mark in the
>> > Symbols
>> > font. It says the code is 0xD6. I believe I am suppose to hold down
>> > the
>> > ALT
>> > key and use the numberic keyboard, but there are no letters on the
>> > numberic
>> > keyboard. Also I don't know what the "x" means. Does that mean push
>> > the
>> > "x".
>> > I have tryed many different ways to enter this but it does not produce
>> > the
>> > check mark. Please advise. Also, don't know if that code leads with a
>> > number or letter
>> > --
>> > Bill 43
>>
>> Try ALT+251. It's not really a checkmark, but may be close enough for
>> what
>> you want.
>> --
>> SC Tom
>>
>> .
>>