[Gariver]

I would love to be able to post using signs for...

--Euro.
--Great Britain Pound.
--Japanese Yen.
--degrees in Centigrade (that tiny "o").
--Ohm.
--double "s" in German.
--the two dots above an "o".
--accents in foreign languages.

How do I do this?

Thank you in advance for your help!

 

[TheReaper]

Goto Windows start button/programs list. Under accessories/system tools you'll find a program called Character Map.

 

[Gariver]

I don't have it! Maybe it has another name?

 

[TheReaper]

What OS do you have? Try doing a search for it (right click over your start button).

 

[Mr.PD]

€Ω®Ω®£ØΨ They won't all show here. Like this sign ♫. It is supposed to be beamed eighth notes.

Oh, thanks for asking the question and thanks for the answer. I didn't know how to do this either.

 

[john_jcb]

The ASCII symbols can also be entered by using the alt key and a number sequence from the number pad only. Once you learn the numbers of your favorites it is a lot quicker than using the character map. They might not all show up but here are some:

Up Arrow ^ 94
È 0200
¤ 0676
Left Bracket { 123
É 0201
First Exponent ¹ 0697
| 124
Ê 0202
ý 0253
Right Bracket } 125
Ë 0203 ¨ 0680
Appox. ~ 126
Ì 0204
Comma , 300
Partial Derivative § 0679
Í 0205
Minus - 301
Ç 128
Î 0206 Period . 302
ü 129
Ï 0207 Back- slash / 303
é 130
Ð 0208
Large Open Brackets [ 347
â 131
Rho (lowercase) þ 0254
Slash \ 348
ä 132
Ò 0210
Large Closed Brackets ] 349
à 133
Ó 0211
Under- score _ 351
å 134
Ô 0212
Single Quote (Closed) ` 352
ç 135
Õ 0213
Copyright © 0681
ê 136
Over- score ¯ 0687
| 380
ë 137 Times × 0215
Plus or Minus ± 0689
è 138
Zero (large) Ø 0216
¸ 0696
ï 139 Ù 0217
Sqaured Exponent ² 0690
î 140
Ú 0218
Cubed Exponent ³ 0691
ì 141
Û 0219
Single Quote (Open) ´ 0692
Ä 142
Dash _ 0685
Closed Quote „ 0388
û 150
Ý 0221
æ 401
ù 151
Þ 0222
Æ 402
ÿ 152
Beta ß 0223
ô 403
Ö 153
New Paragraph ¶ 483
ö 404
Ü 154
Mu µ 486
ò 405
¢ 155
P 158
£ 156
ã 0227
¥ 157
Three Quarters ¾ 0702
Rho (Capital) P 158
Registered Trademark ® 0430
Function ƒ 159
˜ 0152
á 160
Š 0650
í 161
Left Arrow ‹ 0651
ó 162
Π0652
ú 163
… 0645
ñ 164
„ 0644
Ñ 165
š 0666
'a' Exponent ª 166
Trademark ™ 0665
Degree º 167
Right Arrow › 0155
¿ 168
œ 0668
¬ 170
ð 0240
Half ½ 171
Ÿ 0671
Quarter ¼ 172
New Paragraph ¶ 483
¡ 173
õ 0245
Double Left Arrows « 174
† 0134
Double Right Arrows » 175
Divided by ÷ 0247
¦ 179
Phi ø 0248

 

[Gariver]

I did a right button search, and I found the Chracter Map in: Documents and Settings. I will continue studying it in order to use it! I will also try the shortcut with ALT + a number. Thanks to ALL of you for helping me out!!!

My PC...
BTW, I have a Dell 8200 PC (1.75GHz) with Microsoft's XP Home Edition Operating System.

He, he! The "XP" name comes from eXPerience. Well, they should have made that Character Map more obvious and easy to get to. I guess they lacked some experience in the matter!

 

[Arzela]

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_13.html

 

[Gariver]

I've got a site that shows more symbols, but I can't use them.

http://www.1728.com/indexweb.htm

I still have problems....
If I try the "ALT + number" symbol way, I am not able to write symbols in this post. I mean, I press ALT plus the number and nothing happens. Any thoughts on this?


****EDIT****

I got it! As John said: The key is to use ALT + Number using the numbers pad to the right of the keyboard. Fantastic! Now all I need is a very complete list of symbols to use! Greeeeeeeeat!

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

Unicode...
I found this interesting site with Google. It's all about symbols and how to use them. Check it out...

http://www.unicode.org/
http://www.unicode.org/charts/

 

[Budgie]

Holy Â¥╚☼∏Ф! SO thats what character map is for!!(I learn so much just hanging out here.)Thanks!

 

[Gariver]

I failed to mention something important. To use the "ALT + number" method, you must press the Num Lock (light comes on too). Then you can enter the numbers needed on the right numbers pad (calculator pad).

Here's the Ohm sign I wanted: Ù (ALT + 234).
Here's the Euro sign I wanted: € (ALT + 0128).
Here's the Pound sign I wanted: £ (ALT + 0163).

I still have a problem...
I am able to write the Ohm in the post, and I do get the Ohm sign. However, after I submit the post, I get this accented "U". Weird!