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Rare Windows Trick

posted by cimnine @ 7:02pm, Monday 9 March 2009.

Today I present a simple, yet effective, and very old Windows Trick. (It might work on Unix/Linux too, I've never tried.)
The Trick's to enter Characters by their Unicode/ASCII Code.
This can be done by holding down the ALT-Key and using the Keypad (with NumLock on). Type for example ALT+174 and you will get "«". ALT+175 for "»".

There are a lot of ASCII Tables around, I often use http://www.asciitable.com.

Have fun,
~Chris
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Comments

This is nothing new =) It's really use full if you have a german keyboard and you would like to do a sing like "ñ" (alt +164) which is often use in spanish text :)

suizo - 1:38pm, Tuesday 19 May 2009.

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