How to type Special Characters?

[Daelda]

How do you type special characters in the city name box? I am talking characters such as â? I am a novice PC user in that respect. Thanks.

 

[Tomoyo]

I think that Alt + some combination of numbers gives you special characters.

 

[ybbor]

we have a computer forum you know, anyway, just go to word, hit insert, go to symbol and wha-la

 

[Ginger_Ale]

Check out this site for a list of charcters you can get by pressing Alt + the number pad. If that doesn't work, copy the character (Ctrl + C) and paste it in the city box (Ctrl + V).

 

[LLXerxes]

I think that Alt + some combination of numbers gives you special characters.

it has to be 3 numbers from the number keypad

 

[Jeratain]

In XP:
Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map

Use that program to find out what special characters are available, and exactly what combination of keys to use to access them.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

A related question (I know how to handle ASCI):
Any way to display Kyrillic (Arabian, Chinese,...) letters here on the forum?

(jpg, sure, but that's not the point)

 

[lord_yoshi]

睇唔睇到?

^ if you can read the characters above, you have the Big5 character set installed (SimHei). You need special fonts to view Kyrillic characters.

* Don't even think about translating the above phrase.

 

[Daelda]

Thank you all. I appreciate the help.