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