Mapping a Keyboard Character

In Vista, is it possible to map a character to a key? For example, on MS2000
or XP, I would set Alt+X to give me a Wingdings tick. Doesn't seem possible
on Vista, but it might be me...

A fairly easy workaround is to save an rtf file with the single character in
wingdings font. Use a shortcut to open it. Ctrl-a selects, ctrl-c copies..
From then on ctrl-v pastes.

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"Sterzo" <> wrote in message
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> In Vista, is it possible to map a character to a key? For example, on
> MS2000
> or XP, I would set Alt+X to give me a Wingdings tick. Doesn't seem
> possible
> on Vista, but it might be me...

I keep a text file that contains some of the odd characters I tend to
use. I just open the file highlight what I want and then copy and past. It
was a lot easier in XP where As-U Type worked and I could handle a lot
quicker. Here is my set. © ® ½ ¼ € ? £ ¢ º ² ³ ¾

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Joseph Meehan

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"Sterzo" <> wrote in message
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> In Vista, is it possible to map a character to a key? For example, on
> MS2000
> or XP, I would set Alt+X to give me a Wingdings tick. Doesn't seem
> possible
> on Vista, but it might be me...

Thank you Mark and Joseph.

"Joseph Meehan" wrote:

> I keep a text file that contains some of the odd characters I tend to
> use. I just open the file highlight what I want and then copy and past. It
> was a lot easier in XP where As-U Type worked and I could handle a lot
> quicker. Here is my set. © ® ½ ¼ € ? £ ¢ º ² ³ ¾
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia 's Muire duit
>
>
>
> "Sterzo" <> wrote in message
> news:F08A68D7-C3AB-4BDE-B877-...
> > In Vista, is it possible to map a character to a key? For example, on
> > MS2000
> > or XP, I would set Alt+X to give me a Wingdings tick. Doesn't seem
> > possible
> > on Vista, but it might be me...
>
>

I am not sure why the topic switched from mapping a char to a shortcut, I
believe, to perusing unusual characters.

You may consider an API in Windows\system32\ It is charmap.exe. It has all
characters in Unicode and otherwise except for Chinese and Japanese chars.
It has a lot of stuff: Cyrillic, Arabic, you name it.

"Joseph Meehan" <> wrote in message
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> I keep a text file that contains some of the odd characters I tend to
> use. I just open the file highlight what I want and then copy and past.
> It was a lot easier in XP where As-U Type worked and I could handle a lot
> quicker. Here is my set. © ® ½ ¼ € ? £ ¢ º ² ³ ¾
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia 's Muire duit
>
>
>
> "Sterzo" <> wrote in message
> news:F08A68D7-C3AB-4BDE-B877-...
>> In Vista, is it possible to map a character to a key? For example, on
>> MS2000
>> or XP, I would set Alt+X to give me a Wingdings tick. Doesn't seem
>> possible
>> on Vista, but it might be me...
>

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:32:57 -0500, "Joseph Meehan"
<> wrote:

> I keep a text file that contains some of the odd characters I tend to
> use. I just open the file highlight what I want and then copy and past. It
> was a lot easier in XP where As-U Type worked and I could handle a lot
> quicker. Here is my set. © ® ½ ¼ € ? £ ¢ º ² ³ ¾


You might be interested in the way I do this. I use a little freeware
background program called AllChars. This lets me type many common
special characters (many of these are used in other languages) by
pressing the ctrl key followed by a two character mnemonic
combination.

For example, for ñ the two characters are ~ and n. For ç it's c and ,
For ü it's u and ". For ½ it's 1 and 2. For © it's c and o, for € it's
E and =, and so on.

Go to http://allchars.zwolnet.com/

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If you need a handful of such chars you may use charmap.exe. However, If you
type long texts in other languages, it is a different story.

Also there is a way to switch from English keyboard to Spanish or French (or
many other languages for this matter) with a shortcut key.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:32:57 -0500, "Joseph Meehan"
> <> wrote:
>
>> I keep a text file that contains some of the odd characters I tend to
>> use. I just open the file highlight what I want and then copy and past.
>> It
>> was a lot easier in XP where As-U Type worked and I could handle a lot
>> quicker. Here is my set. © ® ½ ¼ ? ? £ ¢ º ² ³ ¾
>
>
> You might be interested in the way I do this. I use a little freeware
> background program called AllChars. This lets me type many common
> special characters (many of these are used in other languages) by
> pressing the ctrl key followed by a two character mnemonic
> combination.
>
> For example, for ñ the two characters are ~ and n. For ç it's c and ,
> For ü it's u and ". For ½ it's 1 and 2. For © it's c and o, for ? it's
> E and =, and so on.
>
> Go to http://allchars.zwolnet.com/
>
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> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup