How to enter custom additional character?

Liter and characters in Windows is much more than there is on the keyboard, for example, we often require a degree signs, Euro, quotes "herringbone". How quickly enter not available on the keyboard symbol, for example, the euro sign? I use two methods, which tell on.

The first way, a universal, off-line.

Every character has its own digital code, so the keyboard can be administered not only to what is listed in the layout, but also the character codes that are converted into a special, which is unparalleled on the keyboard to enter a PIN code at the same time you need to press the Alt key and enter the code on the digital block keyboard. Example: The letter "A" = Alt + 065. Such codes, there are three or chetyrez digits. They all gathered in the PC866 table, their number is limited to 255, they are used in DOS-applications, as well as in the console window. In conventional Windows applications, these codes can be used, transforming the table into Unicode codes, so all the codes are properly understood only in a Unicode-compatible programs.

So how do you know what the code corresponds to a particular sign? It's easy - you need to use the symbol table, the built-in Windows 2000/2003 / Vista: Start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> System Tools >> Character Map >> mark "Additional viewing options" >> specify the character set "the Windows Cyrillic". Choosing any character seen in the lower right corner of the tip of the key combination that you need to press to get it. You can not just look at tips, but also copy any symbol to the clipboard. Do not forget that you can insert the correct symbols and from other tables, but they can be used only in Unicode-compatible programs. To view the three-digit code you need to choose a character set "DOS Cyrillic 2", but cooking tips This table does not show. In this case we can use the trick: looking at the bottom left corner and in parentheses notice hexadecimal number which can be transfer using a calculator mode in the engineering of a HEX DEC, having received an ordinary number, and use that in the future with the key Alt. The screenshot shows how to quickly find and add them to exchange euro symbol buffer.

The Unicode-compatible programs, for example, in Microsoft Word, you can not specify the character set, and a range "Unicode ranges", with an additional window will appear different factions, mathematical, money, technical. It is much easier to find the desired character, which can be copied to the clipboard.

The second way, fast, online.

have a website http://www.copypastecharacter.com/That aggregates frequently used special characters. To copy any of them to the clipboard just enough to click on it. To copy multiple characters at the same time you need to hold the Alt.