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HOW TO MAKE SYMBOLS WITH YOUR KEYBOARD

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MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 15 May 2013 10:40


Alt + 0153..... ™
... trademark symbol
Alt + 0169.... ©.... copyright symbol
Alt + 0174..... ®....registered ­ trademark symbol
Alt + 0176 ...°......degree symbol
Alt + 0177 ...±....plus-or ­-minus sign
Alt + 0182 ...¶.....paragr­aph mark
Alt + 0190 ...¾....fractio­n, three-fourths
Alt + 0215 ....×.....multi­plication sign
Alt + 0162...¢....the ­ cent sign
Alt + 0161.....¡..... ­.upside down exclamation point
Alt + 0191.....¿..... ­upside down question mark
Alt + 1...........smiley face
Alt + 2 ......
?.....black smiley face
Alt + 15.....¤.....sun
Alt + 12......?.....female sign
Alt + 11.....?......m­ale sign
Alt + 6.......?.....spade
Alt + 5.......?...... ­Club
Alt + 3.............. ­Heart
Alt + 4.......?...... ­Diamond
Alt + 13......?.....e­ighth note
Alt + 14......?...... ­beamed eighth note
Alt + 8721.... ?.... N-ary summation (auto sum)
Alt + 251.....v.....square root check mark
Alt + 8236.....8..... ­infinity
Alt + 24.......?..... ­up arrow
Alt + 25......?...... ­down arrow
Alt + 26.....?.....r­ght arrow
Alt + 27......?.....l­eft arrow
Alt + 18.....?......u­p/down arrow
Alt + 29......?...lef­t right arrow

Wend

Wend Report 15 May 2013 11:46

?There's a bright golden haze on the meadow? . . . ¤

Just testing :-D

Wend

Wend Report 15 May 2013 11:48

Beamed eighth note (Alt 14) doesn't work - came out a question mark :-(

Island

Island Report 15 May 2013 12:31

I tried Alt + 0153 and all it did was offer to save :-S

I demand my trade mark :-|

:-D

Wend

Wend Report 15 May 2013 12:34

™ . . . :-D

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 15 May 2013 12:38

? Alt + 2

That worked but you can not figure out what it is supposed to be

Obviously it showed on screen but not after hitting the submit button.

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 15 May 2013 12:44

Computer says NO.

:-( :-(

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 15 May 2013 12:56

?

Works in Word
So lets see if it c&p




No

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 15 May 2013 13:02

I tried Alt and something from the list ...all it did was to open my i tunes folder and play a song ???

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 15 May 2013 13:05

:-D :-D :-D

Island

Island Report 15 May 2013 13:12

:-| I didn't even get a toon for my efforts :-|

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 15 May 2013 13:13

Oh I see what happened....Alt +8 on this PC opens itunes
I got Zooey Deschanel (She and Him) a track called " Never Wanted your Love"
Kids must have made their own shortcuts to itunes

Edit:
I have lost the plot today coz I used Alt and F8, ...not 8
• this is Alt+8

Island

Island Report 15 May 2013 13:14

I think I need kids. Anyone got a spare 10 year old?

Kay????

Kay???? Report 15 May 2013 13:50


no need for all that trouble just use any keyboard key &Wingdings or Webdings from fonts.


but you wont get it to copy onto GR,

this fuction is good for heading on a letter.

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 15 May 2013 13:57

I would like to be able to put on emoticons from my iPad.
:-D

Edit.....I mean ones I could use on FB

Island

Island Report 15 May 2013 14:02

well I was trying to put them in a word doc :-(

Emma, you can put emoticons on FB but I don't know if you can with iPad.
I'll send you an attachment.

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 15 May 2013 14:04

Thanks Island :-D

Wend

Wend Report 15 May 2013 14:05

How do you put a sticky out tongue on FB Island - that's the one I miss on there sometimes :-D

Joeva

Joeva Report 15 May 2013 14:12

For 'sticky out tongue' :P on fb :-D

Mersey

Mersey Report 15 May 2013 14:14

Computer says no to me too :-(