I have noticed how people will write out the word 'degree' because no one is aware how to make the 'º' symbol. It is simple: press down the 'Alt' button, while doing that punch in '167', release the 'Alt' button, voila the degree 'º' symbol will appear.

Another symbol is the cents '¢' symbol. Simply press down the 'Alt' button with one hand, punch in the numbers 155, release the 'Alt' button and like magic the cent '¢' symbol will appear.

I hope this helps someone, it is just a little knowledge and timesaver.

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cool. learned something new today.

That is so cool.
º ¢ tee hee it works. Thank you soooooo much.

didnt know that, thanks

those are so cool....and not to sound greedy...got anymore??

Thanks!

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well, it may be helpful to some, but i got neither degree nor cents to my name, so i don go talking or tiping about neither. lOl

hmm...it just sends me to another tab..

mmmmm doesn't work for my laptop. All I get is my wrong move sound. lol Imagine that... darn computers.. lol

Now aren't you smart?? :) :) Thanks so MUCH!!

Thank you :D:D:D
Is there a website that has these all listed out?

Wow, thanks!
Now if I can just remember those when I need them. lol

Boo hoo, I can't make it work - is it because I have Windows XP?

Go to programs, then the accessories folder, then system tools and you'll find a whole charactor map with all sorts of stuff.

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Cool!

Mine did the same thing if I used the number keys above the "qwerty" alphabet keys. However, when I used the numbers on the number pad, it worked for me. Might want to try that. However, after reading further down in the post I found how to get to a whole lot of special symbols. Now to remember how to get there when I need it.

I do not have the number pad on the side..only on the top.

Did you look in system tools to see if you have a character map?

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Now to find that character map. Thanks!

cool- but i will probably never remember which numbers i'm supposed to hit, and will probably not come looking for this post 3 weeks from now when i'm trying to tell someone how cold it is outside :)
wish it could be easy...ya know, the alt part is fine...but then 3 different numbers and symbols? to me it's just easier to write degree or cents then to try to figure out which numbers those are...unless there is some way to make a notation on the computer itself with a list of those...hmmmmm
thanks though, i always figured there was some way

Well the first two are what I got by using the number pad with the ALT key. The rest are three digit combos witht he ALT key. My son's gf spells her name with ï so i learned something very personally useful.
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It is easy. It's on your character map in system tools.

thanks

Darn-doesn't work on mine either! I also have XP.

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shift 8
Alt 0220
shift 8

makes a cute smiley face!

*Ü* Cute!

What is the trick so I can remember those numbers?

ALT + 0188 ¼
ALT + 0189 ½
ALT + 0190 ¾

On my Mac it's: alt 0 for º, and alt 4 for ¢...
Pretty nifty!! Thank you!! :thumbup:

Also helpful for the proper spelling of such words as voilà and appliqué. [img]http://www.pic4ever.com/images/4chsmu1.gif[/img]

http://www.danshort.com/ASCIImap/

They are the same as the ASCII codes used in writing html, the old-fashioned way I learned when dinosaurs roamed the earth. They were developed BEFORE laptops, so the keypad was used exclusively to input the codes.

Laptops actually have keypads if you know how to use it.

Ditto - a bit long winded, so I don't think I will be using it, somehow.

Fantastic. This has always driven me mad. Thanks fr the info.

To use num pad with a laptop http://www.northlite.net/ps/numpad.htm

Same for me too!

Here is a link to the "alt codes."

http://alt-codes.org/list/

I must be a lazy bum.
I just Google "degree symbol" "1/2 symbol" etc..
and then copy/paste it into whatever I'm typing. 8-)

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