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ButteDuLac Posted messages 534 Status Membre -  
ButteDuLac Posted messages 534 Status Membre -
Hello,

In Word (2010), you can enter ASCII codes (Alt + number), and you can also insert symbols (special characters). For some special characters, we are given an ASCII code (decimal or hexadecimal), but for others, it is a hexadecimal symbol code.

Is it possible to enter these codes from the keyboard as we can for ASCII?

For example, if I want to enter ♂, I type Alt + 11, but if I want to insert a square with a check mark inside (checked box for printing), the character code is 32 in decimal and 00FE in hexadecimal. However, I cannot insert the character by typing Alt + 32 (that yields a space in ASCII code) nor with Alt + 00FE.

Is there a way to do this?

Thank you!

Configuration: Windows 7 / Chrome 49.0.2623.110

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m@rina Posted messages 26524 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   11 524
 
Good evening,

Since the question relates to Word, it is important to remember that in Word you can create any keyboard shortcuts you want.
So, if it's a character that you use frequently, just open the Symbols dialog (Insert => Symbol => More Symbols), find the character in question (it is indeed a Wingding), and then click on Shortcut Key.
There you enter your chosen shortcut while avoiding those that already exist (Word will inform you)... After that, the keyboard shortcut will be used for that character without having to deal with hex, ascii, and so on! ;)

m@rina

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ButteDuLac Posted messages 534 Status Member 41
 
Ah yes, but in the medical field, we use a lot of symbols. Creating a keyboard shortcut for all these symbols would mean a lot of shortcuts... in addition to the existing ones!
I want to provide a list of common symbols to the students, along with the associated ASCII codes, so I will use the conversion calculator. I don't know if you have a good one to suggest.
I found this one: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/hex-to-decimal.html
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ButteDuLac Posted messages 534 Status Member 41
 
But I have a sub-question.
I saw somewhere that it is possible to create a non-breaking thin space by typing "2009" then Alt + C (in Word).
Are there other combinations? Does this have something to do with ASCII codes? If not, what is this method???
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eriiic Posted messages 25847 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   7 284
 
Hello,

you can also use the one from Windows, you need to set it to Programmer mode.
Choose Hex to enable the A-F keys, Dec performs the conversion.

Otherwise, you have Unicode tables available online.
This one is pretty good, the codes are grouped by type and you have the hex and decimal values: https://www.grogllc.com/unicodetable.html
For the rest, wait for the specialist ;-) I tried, without success...

eric
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ButteDuLac Posted messages 534 Status Member 41 > eriiic Posted messages 25847 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention  
 
Thank you!
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eriiic Posted messages 25847 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   7 284
 
Finally, entering the hex code followed by Alt+c works (the cursor must be right behind the code); I had an app that was hogging this keyboard shortcut.
eric
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