I have a desktop shortcut to simplify access to the character map, but even that is quite complicated to get to when needed. It would be very helpful to be able to assign specific character map items to a certain function key or have some keyboard shortcut to specific characters. I dream of typing – 75° – in three routine keystrokes. Or typing – 3½ – in two keystrokes. (My goodness, even my old mechanical typewriter had this capability) If there is a registry hack or some third party software that would make this possible, it would be of great benefit to me and surely many other readers.
Perhaps I can mention another pet peeve of mine without getting off topic. The U.S. cent symbol is not even present in the character map (or standard U.S. keyboard). There should be a way to describe 32 cents without using the dollar sign ($0.32) or without spelling out “cents”.
Perhaps this issue would make a worthwhile future article????
John there is a ¢ sign in the character map. Set the font to arial … a check in advanced view …character set – (windows western) and group by (all) It will be in the 4th column and 7th row.
Thank you, I love your site. I always learn something new and useful. That’s a good thing for this old brain.
cuggie
OR WinKey+R to open the Run Dialog and type ‘charmap’ (why search?)
‘charmap’ would not open for me in the Run Dialog. Do I need more than just the ‘charmap’? Error say windows can not find… Thanks
Have you ever used Popcharwin.wmv?
I have a desktop shortcut to simplify access to the character map, but even that is quite complicated to get to when needed. It would be very helpful to be able to assign specific character map items to a certain function key or have some keyboard shortcut to specific characters. I dream of typing – 75° – in three routine keystrokes. Or typing – 3½ – in two keystrokes. (My goodness, even my old mechanical typewriter had this capability) If there is a registry hack or some third party software that would make this possible, it would be of great benefit to me and surely many other readers.
Perhaps I can mention another pet peeve of mine without getting off topic. The U.S. cent symbol is not even present in the character map (or standard U.S. keyboard). There should be a way to describe 32 cents without using the dollar sign ($0.32) or without spelling out “cents”.
Perhaps this issue would make a worthwhile future article????
John
Thanks for that. I always thought I could only get to that character chart via Word or something like that. Many thanks as I use the map all the time.
John there is a ¢ sign in the character map. Set the font to arial … a check in advanced view …character set – (windows western) and group by (all) It will be in the 4th column and 7th row.