Insert Symbol (symbol characters) Icon

crutschow · Mar 9, 2021

AAC has an Insert Symbol icon (below) that brings up a symbol characters table.
Would it be possible to add that to this site?

Grossel · Mar 9, 2021

Or possibly treating asc files as image files on forum, as I suggested some time back:

View uploaded asc files

disclaimer: This suggestion may be too expensive and/or breake several "terms of use" for the program that originally are dealing with the file format (I have no idea really). Anyway suggestion simply goes like this: If an user have uploaded an ASC file, some other user (that doesn't have...

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Ian Rogers · Mar 10, 2021

I would like that as well.... AT the moment I have a text doc with all the ALT code tables

alt 0176 = °
alt 324 = Ω
etc..

Visitor · Mar 11, 2021

An easy way to get special symbols is to create a text document with the desired symbols, and copy/paste to add a symbol here.

atferrari · Mar 12, 2021

Ian Rogers said:
I would like that as well.... AT the moment I have a text doc with all the ALT code tables

alt 0176 = °
alt 324 = Ω
etc..

View attachment 130212

Quite useful, Ian.

Nigel Goodwin · Mar 12, 2021

Can't you just cut and paste from the Windows Character Map program?.

Ω°

Yes you can.

alec_t · Mar 12, 2021

Nigel Goodwin said:
Can't you just cut and paste from the Windows Character Map program?.

That's what I use. I keep a shortcut in the task bar.

crutschow · Mar 12, 2021

All those workarounds are fine but it is certainly still easier just to have the symbols available on the thread taskbar.
Or is that too much to ask?

Pommie · Mar 13, 2021

When I do alt 324 I get D not pi!!!! What font do you need to select. In fact, what is the default font here?

Mike.

rjenkinsgb · Mar 13, 2021

Pommie said:
When I do alt 324 I get D not pi!!!! What font do you need to select. In fact, what is the default font here?

Same here, two different PCs, Win 7 & Win 10 - and no different if I try it in eg. Word rather than Chrome.

Visitor · Mar 13, 2021

I believe you must use the separate numeric key pad to type in an ALT code. So it doesn't work on a laptop or phone.

Ian Rogers · Mar 13, 2021

Sorry Typo
ALT 234 = Ω
But Pi is ALT 227 anyway, π !! " I did post the table.. Its not my fault I'm dyslexic "

rjenkinsgb · Mar 13, 2021

Again, they do not work for me - about half the ones I tried from the table give different results to what is shown.
234 gives Û
227 gives Ò
(If the characters are not consistent between browsers, those are a capital U with ^ and O with left angled ' accents; probably 219 and 210 in the chart).

Ian Rogers · Mar 13, 2021

Is your keyboard set to the correct country??
234.. Ω
227.. π
0219.. Û

Mine works okay... Keyboard = ENG.. Browser.. Edge..

rjenkinsgb · Mar 13, 2021

All the symbols match, £ @ ' ~ # etc. in the correct places..
And identical on two different PCs.

Les Jones · Mar 13, 2021

I get the same results as rjenkinsgb. I have tried three different PCs XP. Windows 7 and Windows 10.
Using the character map works correctly.

Les.

Ian Rogers · Mar 13, 2021

As I said... Works for me.. I'll ask for the link anyway... As I said.. I would like it available "one click" as it were..

Ian Rogers · Mar 13, 2021

windows said:
To enable the entry of all Unicode characters by code, create a string registry value in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method called EnableHexNumpad with the value of 1. Then you'll be able to enter any character by holding down the right Alt key, pressing the + button on the numeric keypad, entering the hex code (2, 7, 1, 3 in your case), and releasing the Alt key. You may need to log off and back on before this input type is enabled.

Visitor · Mar 13, 2021

Which does not work on laptops without numeric keypads......

augustinetez · Mar 13, 2021

You could use BabelMap - https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html - Windows Character map replacement with 144,000 characters - sorry, no Linux version.

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