How to type Special Characters onto a Document

All that you need is a magic wand. Really? That's easy with a little help and practice. All that is needed is to use the ASCII codes. WoW! Now why didn’t I think of that?

Where in tarnation can I find the “ANY” key?

What do you mean? Code. What has this world come too? Hum, well its like this. Our computers are really a very simple machine. Simple you say??? Yelp. The darn things only understand and

interrupt two things. Only 2? That’s right. I can do that. REALLY?

Well! What are they? It is very simple-Here it is: 0 & 1

That it? Wow. I can handle that. REALLY? OK smart guy. Please add 1 + 1. 1

What is your answer? _______________ (Now don’t cheat.)

What are we really doing… Adding 1 + 1. That’s 2 Right? Nope. What? What school do you think I

went to? It has always been 2. Right? Well, that depends. What? The answer is 10 What?

Now, I know who is crazy. No wonder I have so darn much trouble with my computer.

That works with the Octal and Decimal systems (and I am sure others) but what if we had Base 2,which is the BINARY system?

We could go on and on but enough digression and FUN, if you will.

To put this all into perspective, just use the ASCII CODE that will feed the computer it''sinstructions and request in “0s” and “1s”, all strung together. Each letter and symbol have a unique CODE that is represented by an ASCII or Unitary code that is then translated into a BINAY code so

the “SIMPLE” computer can do its thing. WOW! I didn’t know that?

Example: Lets add a "CHECK" √ Mark onto a document. Use the ASCII table and look up that character. You will find that it has an ASCII code of 251. Well, that’s simple. But when I type in 251 on my keyboard wheather I use the numeric keypad or the numbers at the top of the keyboard I get just the numbers typed in.Well! You did good. So now try the following:

Press and HOLD the Alt Key and then type in the numeric numbers from the numeric keypad 251 to show: √. (This will not work from within a word processors like Word as it has its own built-in utility). This works with WordPad, Notepad, and any text editor that does not have the built-in capability. For Laptops or Notepads that don't have Numeric Keypads at the right of keyboad you will need to activate your "Numberic KeyPad" by activating the "Num-Lk" function. Simultaneously press ["FN" and "Scr Lk"] keys. Note: Some Laptops require that both the "Alt" and "FN" keys be pressed and then the ASCII Code. If all else fails, check your computers' User Guide.

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In this case you would have 1 + 1 = 0 and carry 1 to give you the final answer of 10.

See attached ASCII Codes on page 3 and HAVE SOME FUN

Keyboard Combinations for Common Special Characters on a MAC OS: Here are a few of the most common symbols and their corresponding key combination.

Note that OPTION + 2 simply means hold down the option key (the alt key) and the number 2.

For other symbols use the Built-In Keyboard Viewer

1: Make sure that you have the Keyboard Viewer enabled.Opening “System Preferences” – Keyboard and Tick the box labelled Show Keyboard and Character

Viewers in menu bar.

2- Click on the “Input Sources” button to bring up the Keyboard or Character Viewer and select yourchoices.

Note: The Keyboard window will remain on top of other Windows at all times .

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Ascii Table - ASCII character codes and html, octal, hex and decimal chart conversion

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ASCII | Scan Codes / EBCDIC | HTML Codes | Phonetic Alphabet | Unicode v4 | Dialing Codes | Voucher Codes

ASCII Table and DescriptionASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Computers can only understand numbers, so an ASCIIcode is the numerical representation of a character such as 'a' or '@' or an action of some sort. ASCII was developed a longtime ago and now the non-printing characters are rarely used for their original purpose. Below is the ASCII character table andthis includes descriptions of the first 32 non-printing characters. ASCII was actually designed for use with teletypes and so thedescriptions are somewhat obscure. If someone says they want your CV however in ASCII format, all this means is they want'plain' text with no formatting such as tabs, bold or underscoring - the raw format that any computer can understand. This isusually so they can easily import the file into their own applications without issues. Notepad.exe creates ASCII text, or in MSWord you can save a file as 'text only'

Extended ASCII Codes

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