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Typing Symbols

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Hi. How can I type symbols in the editor, like the greek letters?
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Re: Typing Symbols

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Hello kongyiu9998,

You can type special characters in any program using Alt+Keyboard sequences. For example, for the euro currency symbol, I hold alt and type 0128

Alt+0128 = €

You can find many lists for such symbols and special characters on the internet. Here are a couple I found after a quick google search:

http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/codealt.html
http://tools.oratory.com/altcodes.html

I hope this helps!
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I see, thank a lot
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Re: Typing Symbols

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Hi kongyiu9998,

Just a note - you can also type "Character Map" into the Windows Start Menu and it will brip up a list of all the various symbols supported by Windows, which can then be easily copied.

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Re: Typing Symbols

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For many years I've used Character Map Pro. Although it's from 2008 it's portable and should be OK on all windows:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Fon ... -Pro.shtml

A list here:
http://win.softpedia.com/dyn-search.php ... racter+Map
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Thanks for that Giraffe :)
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Re: Typing Symbols

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Thanks a lot for your advice :D
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:D
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