Keyboard secrets: how to write with characters that are not on the keyboard

Sometimes a situation arises when you need to use a special character in some text, but there is no key with such a character on the keyboard. How to be? There are several ways. If you are printing in text editor Microsoft Word 2007, then everything is simple: just select the “Symbol” item on the “Insert” tab. In the drop-down list, select the desired symbol or click on “Other symbols…”. In the dialog box that opens, find the required symbol and press the "Insert" button. You can also insert by double-clicking on the selected symbol.

But what if you work in a simple Notepad editor? In this case, you need to do this. Press and hold the Alt key and use the numeric keypad to enter the special character code. The number keys you need are usually located on the right side of the desktop keyboard, and you can use them by pressing the NumLock button.

If you are working with a laptop, then these keys coincide with some keys for letters. You can “turn them on” with a special combination, usually the Fn + key, on which NumLock or NumLk is written.

Here are the codes for some characters.

●Step by step:

1. Turn on the NumLock button (on the right side of the keyboard)

2. Hold down Alt.

3. And at the same time, while holding down the alt key, type the combination on the number pad.

4. Press Alt.

5. Admire the icon.

●On laptops without a Num Pad keyboard, go to Start > Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > On-Screen Keyboard. Use virtual buttons.

● You can also use transliteration to set characters.

● The ALT key also allows you to type standard characters, such as doggie or bullets.

●Do not skip zeros in the code, zero must also be pressed.

● Hold down the ALT key + the combination of numbers indicated in the code. You need to hold the ALT key without releasing it until you have entered all the digits of the code. Then the symbol will appear.

More symbols:

Copyright

heart

® Reserved

℠Service mark

℃ Celsius

℉ Fahrenheit

No. License plate

℗ Copyright of the entry

℞ Pharmaceutical symbol

℧ Inverted Ohm

☀ Sun

☂ Umbrella

☃ Snowman

☄ Comet

★ Star (shaded)

☆ Star (outlines)

☇ Lightning

☉ Sun (outline)

☊ Ascending node

☋ Descending node

☌ Pairing

☍ Opposition

☎ Phone (shaded)

☏ Phone (circuit) 9743]

☐ Empty square

☑ Square with a tick

☒ Square with a cross X

☓ St. Andrew's cross

☚ Finger pointing left (shaded)

☛ Finger pointing to the right (shaded)

☜ Finger pointing left (outline)

☝ Finger pointing up (outline)

☞ Finger pointing to the right (outline)

☟ Finger pointing down (outline)

☠ Skull and Bones

☡ Warning sign

☢ Radiation sign

☣ Biohazard sign

☤ Caduceus (rod of Hermes)

☦ Eastern Christian cross

☧ Christogram

☨ Patriarchal cross

☩ Greek cross

☪ Moon and star

☫ Farsi symbol

☬ Adi Shakti

☭ Hammer and sickle

☮ Peace sign

☯ Yin and Yang

☰ Trigram sky

☱ Trigram Lake

☲ Trigram fire

☳ Trigram thunderstorm

☴ Trigram wind

☵ Trigram water

☶ Trigram mountain

☷ Trigram earth

☸ Wheel of dharma

☹ Sad smiley

☺ Cheerful smiley

☻ Black smiley

☽ Waxing moon

☾ Falling moon

☿ Mercury

♀ Venus (female sign)

♂ Mars (male sign)

♃ Jupiter

♄ Saturn

♆ Neptune

♇ Pluto

♊ Gemini

♏ Scorpio

♐ Sagittarius

♑ Capricorn

♒ Aquarius

♔ White King

♕ White Queen

♖ White rook

♗ White elephant

♘ White horse

♙ White pawn

♚ Black king

♛ Black Queen

♜ Black rook

♝ Black elephant

♞ Black horse

♟ Black pawn

♠ Black Spade

♤ Pike (outline)

Heart (shaded) or heart

♦ Tambourine (shaded)

♧ Clubs (outline)

♨ Geyser

♩ Musical quarter note

♪ Musical eighth note

♫ Two notes connected

♬ Two notes connected by a double bar

♭ flat

♮ Natural scale sound

✁ Cut off from top

✂ Cut here

✃ Cut from the bottom

✄ Scissors

✆ Public phone

✇ Cassette

✈ Airport/plane

✉ Envelope/email

✌ Victory sign

✍ Signature

✎ Diagonal pencil

✏ Pencil

✐ Diagonal pencil looking up

✓ Checkmark

✔ Bold check mark

✕ Multiplication sign/X

✖ Bold multiplication sign/X

✗ Slanted X

✘ Bold slanted X

✝ Roman cross

✞ Roman Cross 3D

✟ Latin cross (outline)

✠ Maltese cross

✡ Star of David

❛ Quote sign

❜ Quote mark (inverted)

❝ Double quotation mark

❞ Double quotation mark (inverted)

™ Trademark ○= 777

So, go to the document and in the section " home" find the "Paragraph" block. In this block the very first paragraph will be " Markers". You need to click on it.

In the same place, click on the item " Define a new marker". Another window will open in which you need to click on the item " Symbol". After this, a window will open with numerous options for various symbols.

Depending on the text style used in the document, there will be certain symbols. In order to quickly find the "tick in a square" symbol, you need to set the style Wingdings. In the list of symbols, select the 254th symbol. This will be the checkmark in the square. If this does not help and the necessary symbol is not there, then you can do it differently.

Let's go to the block " Insert" and click on section " Symbol". Select the item " Other characters".

Here we select the text style Wingdings. After this, all the symbols will change to match the selected style and the symbol number 254 will be exactly the desired “tick in the square”. All you have to do is simply paste it into the document.

The check mark symbol is not present on the keyboard, but using special combinations you can easily add it to your message, post or text document.

Let's take a closer look at how this can be done.

Types of checkmarks + uses

The check mark (bird, jackdaw) is a special icon that is often used to describe confirmation of something.

Can be found in the design of listings or underlining thoughts. After reading the following instructions, you can find and use the symbol yourself.

The simplest option is to copy the object from this article. There are several types of icon:

If you need a checkbox to use in one sentence or phrase, simply copy the element you like by highlighting it and pressing CTRL and C on your keyboard.

To type a bird on the keyboard yourself, you must use Unicode. Type the letter U and +. Then you need to dial the badge code.

Digital symbols for different types The checkmarks are as follows: 2713 (regular sign), 2714 (bold), 2705 (highlighted checkmark in a square), 2611 (regular checkmark in a square).

If the combination U+2713 or another does not automatically turn into a check mark, most likely the document is not configured to automatically recognize Unicode characters or you are entering the code incorrectly.

The text will immediately be transformed into the desired symbol, so you can safely type it in messages and various posts.

Icon in MS Word

Anyone who has ever used it knows that setting special characters helps structure the document and make it easy to read.

You may need the check mark in the process of creating a task list or enumeration.

Inexperienced users create a sign by adding an image with the desired element to the document. This approach is incorrect, because it increases the final file size.

Everything can be done much easier. To check the box in Word, follow the next few steps.

• Open the document in any version of the program. Depending on the year the software was released, the location of the required tabs may differ;
• Click on the “Insert” section;
• On the right side of the toolbar, find the “Symbol” item and click on it;
• In the Drop-down window, click on "Other symbols".

• In the pop-up window, you can find the checkmark using one of two methods. Select the “Dingbats” set and click on the desired element in the proposed list or enter the element code in Unicode (hexadecimal) at the bottom of the window. For example, 2714. Word will automatically find the object you need. Click on it and confirm the action by clicking “OK”.

Fig. 3 - special characters in Word

After adding a checkmark to the body of the document, you can apply any formatting to it: change the color, font, heading type and other options.

IN Microsoft program Word exists great amount possibilities for text editing. Using this program, you can increase the visibility of the text, improve its perception, and also highlight certain points. One of these moments in the program is the ability to add characters that are not on the keyboard. Now I’ll tell you how to put a tick in a box in Word.

The “tick” symbol can be used to highlight completed items in various lists: shopping list, to-do list, etc.

How to put a tick in a Word box in a document in two ways

1. Using the special characters box

Firstly. In the program menu, select the bookmark "Insert". In the far right section "Symbols", select the line with the inscription "Symbol". In the menu that opens we see popular icons. Select a line "Other symbols".

Secondly. We see a lot of different icons. There is a panel at the top called "Font". Choosing « Wingdings2", special icons will open for you. Among them lies the “tick”.

Third. You probably noticed that there are different options for “checkmarks”. As well as all kinds of crosses and strikethroughs. Select the icon you like with the left mouse button and click on insert.

Now let's try to insert the desired character using the second method.

1. Using hotkeys.

Firstly. Follow the first two steps from the previous method. We are again in the window with special icons.

Secondly. Now let’s select the icon we like again, but don’t insert it. Please note that when we click on a symbol in the line "Sign code" a number appears. It is advisable to remember or write it down.

Third. Now close the unnecessary window and choose where to insert the icon. Clamp keyAlt and enter in numbers the “Sign Code” that we just remembered. For show, it will look like this: Alt + 80.

Thus, we learned how to put a tick in the box in Word in the place you need in the text.