For those interested, character map can be found in Win7 (and probably Win8) by going to start button and typing character in the search box In the last 15 years or so of computer use I have need character map perhaps twice Alt codes, schmalt codes <bg> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > There is an accessory Windows program, foound on both Vista and Windows/7, > entitled Character Map, which given a Font, will show you what glyphs > (representations of characters) are available. It will also allow you to copy > and paste characters into something else of a text nature. >

Well: for the first time Nivard, I have not understood what you mean! I do not see how you can type in the character you are looking for - I tried and just found I was looking for details on my own system Windows 7 ! If I have wanted to check a character I type "Alt Codes" into a search box. I use it a lot, daily, but that is because I have an American keyboard ($ but no £) and no accents - and I live in France which uses them lavishly. In addition it offers Greek letters - good for maths! and ↓→ and ↑ which can be useful in simple trees. Also superscript numbers - useful for footnotes etc ² and symbols such as ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ which can be used for identification I used quite a lot when writing my Huguenot family history Have fun! Jean Wood http://www.cheziris.eu/Duterrau.htm > Message du 03/10/13 00:09 > De : "Nivard Ovington" > A : nottsgen@rootsweb.com > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [NTT] Alt codes (other oddments) > > For those interested, character map can be found in Win7 (and probably > Win8) by going to start button and typing character in the search box > > In the last 15 years or so of computer use I have need character map > perhaps twice > > Alt codes, schmalt codes > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > There is an accessory Windows program, foound on both Vista and Windows/7, > > entitled Character Map, which given a Font, will show you what glyphs > > (representations of characters) are available. It will also allow you to copy > > and paste characters into something else of a text nature. > > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >