Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 19:29:10 +0800 From: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to type special characters? Message-ID: <200305061929.10211.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> In-Reply-To: <002401c3135d$be979fc0$0d01a8c0@skynet> References: <BAY7-F92Bl8LgFuoe5c0000d842@hotmail.com> <20030504185207.GB854@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <002401c3135d$be979fc0$0d01a8c0@skynet>
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On Tuesday 06 May 2003 07:26, Rob Wentworth wrote: > Most laptops have a portion of the keyboard that can be used as a numer= ic > keypad by pressing the Fn key and/or switching it to keypad mode. This > allows typing special characters. > > In Windows I usually cut-and-paste characters from the "character map" > utility so I don't have to remember the codes -- there must be a simila= r > tool for FreeBSD... In Kword, you can get a character map with "Insert | Special Character" -= =20 actually, that character map in Kword can run as a standalone utility, bu= t=20 offhand I can't remember the name that launches it. regards, Robert
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