Dietmar Lorenz Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 I used to be able to enter these very useful characters by pressing the ALT key while entering three digits on the num-pad: ? (Alt 167) degree symbol ? (Alt 171) instead of 1/2 ? (Alt 172) instead of 1/4 ? (Alt 241) instead of +/- ? (Alt 253) square symbol Since upgrading from VW11 to VW11.5 it no longer works. Please advise. Thanks, Dietmar VWArchitect11.5 on PC Quote Link to comment
erictorola Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Try the following (Alt 0167) (Alt 0171) (Alt 0172) (Alt 0241) (Alt 0253) The characters will change depending on the Font used. I use Arial and the following: ?(Alt 0177) ?(Alt 0176) ?(Alt 0216) Eric Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Is this PC-only? All I get is "0167" Quote Link to comment
DDDesign Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 quote: Originally posted by Christiaan: Is this PC-only? All I get is "0167" for MAC ? is option+shift "=" ? is option "k" ? is option+shift "O" these work the same on all fonts. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Thanks David, what about: ? ? ? and ? Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 C, ? = shift-option-8 The other three are font specific and not all fonts will have fractions. For example, the drafting font we use the most places the fractions using option-denominator, but most fonts will return the ? symbol from option-2. You may need to create & print out a font map. (I would use a spreadsheet, but it could easily be done with a wordprocessor) Good luck, Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Under OS 9 there was a utility called KeyCaps that would show the location of special symbols on the keyboard. In Panther and Tiger this feature is called Keyboard Viewer and is accessed via the Finder's Input menu. To reveal it, launch System Preferences and choose the International preference. Click on the Input Menu tab. Click on Keyboard Viewer and Show imput menu in menu bar. You will now have an icon in the menu bar with the option of Show Keyboard Viewer. Quote Link to comment
Dietmar Lorenz Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 Eric, thanks for your advice. Adding a zero in the beginning didn't help, but your "Arial" codes work; they also seem to work for my Graphite Font. It still appears that the upgrade to VW11.5 brought the changes. Anyway, I came accros these helpful characters: ? alt 0178 ? alt 0179 ...but still haven't found 1/2 and 1/4. I can't find a way to view a complete character list in the PC font setup. Any idea where I can find that? Thanks, Dietmar Quote Link to comment
erictorola Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 In WinXP: Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Character Map This handy little tool will display all displayable characters in each font. Eric Quote Link to comment
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