geek Brief Look at the Window Character Map

You know you've seen them around © ® are perhaps the ones you recognise the most... but how do you do it??? They're not graphics as you may have thought... they're actually symbols that you can create with keystrokes using the ALT key on your keyboard. We haven't included them all so if you're looking for the rest or just want to have peek at what you else you can you can access Character Map on your computer via Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools... or is that just where I've put mine???!

Location and file...
C:/windows/charmap.exe 18kb

table of Character Map keystrokes and resulting symbols...

€

ALT+0128

‚

ALT+0130

ƒ

ALT+0131

„

ALT+0132

…

ALT+0133

† 

ALT+0134

‡

ALT+0135

ˆ

ALT+0136

‰

ALT+0137

Š

ALT+0138

‹

ALT+0139

Œ

ALT+0140

‘

ALT+0145

’

ALT+0146

“

ALT+0147

”

ALT+0148

•

ALT+0149

–

ALT+020%

—

ALT+0151

˜

ALT+0152

™

ALT+0153

š

ALT+0154

›

ALT+0155

œ

ALT+0156

¢

ALT+0162

£

ALT+0163

¤

ALT+0164

¥

ALT+0165

¦

ALT+0166

§

ALT+0167

¨

ALT+0168

©

ALT+0169

ª

ALT+0170

«

ALT+0171

®

ALT+0174

¼

ALT+0188

½

ALT+0189

¾

ALT+0190

¿

ALT+0191

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