How to Use Extended Keyboard in Windows

Extended Characters

Frequently you like to use extended characters from a panoply of symbols available as fonts on the Microsoft Windows. A couple of steps you are away from utilising it. == Steps == # Open the application that you want to utilise extended characters on it. #

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Orb

Click on the "start" also known as the Orb at the left bottom of your screen. #

All Programs

Click on "All Programs" #

Select Accessories

Select "Accessories" from the "All Programs." #

System Tools

Select "System Tools" from the "Accessories." #

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Character Map

Select "Character Map" from the "System Tools." Character map table will be opened. #

Use Shortcut

Use short cut. After learning where the "Character Map" could be found you can use the Command Execution Field to run it as a Windows command. Just type "charmap" in it. #

Select from Drop-down

Look at the "Character Map." From the drop-down menu at the top, select your desired font that includes the necessary characters. #

Find desired font.

Assume you need Hebrew Alef, symbol of infinite cardinal in mathematics. Select "Aharoni" font that includes it. #

Select the character.

Find the character among the entries of the table. Click on it. #

Select Button

Click on "Select" button. It pops up the selected character to the foreground and into the text-field. At the bottom it gives further information such as name of the character and its unicode value (here, 05D0). #

Copy to the clipboard

Click on the "Copy" button to copy it to the clipboard. Then you can paste the character on any place, such as on an editor. #

Make more characters

Note that you can make more character to be copied, in one go. # Create keyboard shortcut. For frequent usage of the map you need a keyboard shotcut to access the map immediately. #

Open "Properties" of the map

Find the character map again. Right click on its name, to open a Windows menu. #

Character Map Properties

Click on the Properties to open it. Shortcut text field shows "none." #

Select Shortcut

Click in the shortcut key text field. Type Ctr+Alt+ some desired key from the keyboard. In the picture Ctrl+Alt+Q is selected. But it depends to your selection. #*If the combination has already a usage Windows prevent you to use it. #*You always have to use Ctr+Alt. No other combination is accepted. # Click on "Apply" button and then click on "OK" button. Now when you need the "Character Map", just press "Ctr+Alt+Q" and the table pops out in front of you. == Related wikiHows == *How to Type Symbols Using the ALT Key *How to Change Your Keyboard from US to UK (Windows XP) *How to Change Your Keyboard from American to English *How to Extend a Netbook to an External Monitor *How to Clean a Keyboard