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From: mm on 18 Feb 2010 12:01

>>
>> Try ALT+251. It's not really a checkmark, but may be close enough for what
>> you want.
>> --
>> SC Tom

On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:21:01 -0800, Bill 43
<Bill43(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Yes, that will work fine. Thanks to everyone for the help

As others have said, the whole purpose of charmap is to make typing
hexcodes unnecessary.

But I guess you are gone by now and won't read this.

>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
From: ruic on 19 Feb 2010 15:05
0xD6 - Looks like a Hex code what you want is a decimal number which should
be 214 or ALT+0214



"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


From: Keith Snyder on 19 Feb 2010 08:27
Bill, try to set your keyboard to US International. I've forgotten the
steps, but with the right options, US International lets you use
dead keys to enter diacriticals for several European languages, German and
French in particular. For the Slavic languages (Czech,
Slovak, etc) I still have to use character map, though there might be a way
to use dead keys also.

For example, pressing " (double quote) followed by a vowel will translate to
the umlauted vowel, eg, �. A ` (backward single quote) followed by a vowel
translates to the vowel with an accent grave, eg �.


"Bill 43" <Bill43(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:21008458-C0B4-4DC1-AB20-A94D2AEFC53A(a)microsoft.com...
> 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
>>
>> .
>>


From: Pegasus [MVP] on 19 Feb 2010 18:02


"Keith Snyder" <me(a)privacy.net> said this in news item
news:KfEfn.2462$XI1.1675(a)newsfe04.iad...
> Bill, try to set your keyboard to US International. I've forgotten the
> steps, but with the right options, US International lets you use
> dead keys to enter diacriticals for several European languages, German and
> French in particular. For the Slavic languages (Czech,
> Slovak, etc) I still have to use character map, though there might be a
> way to use dead keys also.
>
> For example, pressing " (double quote) followed by a vowel will translate
> to the umlauted vowel, eg, �. A ` (backward single quote) followed by a
> vowel translates to the vowel with an accent grave, eg �.
>

You can roll your own dead keys, using Microsoft's keyboard creator
(http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx). It's an extremely
powerful and versatile tool but its use is not exactly intuitive. Post again
if you require further details.

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