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 > Jean Wood 11 impasse Pampanie chez Perineau 17610 Chaniers France Tel: 0033(0)5.46.93.38.71 Jean Wood 11 impasse Pampanie chez Perineau 17610 Chaniers France Tel: 0033(0)5.46.93.38.71

Hi Jean Sorry for the late reply, due to my youngest daughter having married on Saturday last :-) Now clearly what one person needs, another doesn't I am the doesn't <bg> Honestly, in many years of computer use and many a letter, I have only ever needed special characters a couple of times, if that gbp works for pounds for example I can barely remember if I have put my socks on of a morning much less many different codes to produce some symbol or other for which I either do without or use another way to express it Its much quicker to type gbp for pounds or dollars for errr.. dollars or whatever than to go and find an alt code It reminds me of the abbreviations the kids use in text messages, by the time they have found and used the abbreviation, and responded to the recipient who doesn't know what it means, it would be quicker to type the word out <g> But for those people that alt codes work for, great Character map is on all Win7 machines as I said should a special character be needed (it was on earlier OS but its easier to locate on Win7) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03/10/2013 17:25, Jean WOOD wrote: > > > 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