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Character Map Key Assignment
I am typing text for a booklet on card games. I need to make the club,
diamond, heart & spade available on the keyboard. How do I assign the symbols from the character map to the keyboard? Can I use function keys 9, 10, 11 & 12 for the assignment? If yes, I would appreciate detailed instruction on how to do this. If no, please make a suggestion. Regards, Pat |
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Character Map Key Assignment
Presumably you are using some version of Word? SO use AutoText. Insert,
Symbol and select the Symbol Font where you will find the predefined H, C, D & S symbols. Insert them into a blank document and make them the size that you need. Select one of the symbols (let's say the Diamond), and then press Alt+F3. Type in a memorable shortcut (I suggest diam) followed by enter. Now to insert the diamond symbol at any time, type diam+F3. Do the same for the other symbols. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Pat Miller" wrote in message ... I am typing text for a booklet on card games. I need to make the club, diamond, heart & spade available on the keyboard. How do I assign the symbols from the character map to the keyboard? Can I use function keys 9, 10, 11 & 12 for the assignment? If yes, I would appreciate detailed instruction on how to do this. If no, please make a suggestion. Regards, Pat |
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These characters can be found at Unicode positions 2660, 2663, 2665, and
2666 in many fonts (including the Windows Core Fonts). In the Insert | Symbol dialog, you can select one of these characters and click AutoCorrect or Shortcut Key to assign a keyboard shortcut. For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Pat Miller" wrote in message ... I am typing text for a booklet on card games. I need to make the club, diamond, heart & spade available on the keyboard. How do I assign the symbols from the character map to the keyboard? Can I use function keys 9, 10, 11 & 12 for the assignment? If yes, I would appreciate detailed instruction on how to do this. If no, please make a suggestion. Regards, Pat |
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Many thanks for the replies. Special thanks to Suzanne for the good info on
Key Assignment. It was quick and very easy. Regards, Pat Miller "Pat Miller" wrote in message ... :I am typing text for a booklet on card games. I need to make the club, : diamond, heart & spade available on the keyboard. How do I assign the : symbols from the character map to the keyboard? Can I use function keys 9, : 10, 11 & 12 for the assignment? If yes, I would appreciate detailed : instruction on how to do this. If no, please make a suggestion. : Regards, : Pat : : |
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Glad I could help.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Pat Miller" wrote in message ... Many thanks for the replies. Special thanks to Suzanne for the good info on Key Assignment. It was quick and very easy. Regards, Pat Miller "Pat Miller" wrote in message ... :I am typing text for a booklet on card games. I need to make the club, : diamond, heart & spade available on the keyboard. How do I assign the : symbols from the character map to the keyboard? Can I use function keys 9, : 10, 11 & 12 for the assignment? If yes, I would appreciate detailed : instruction on how to do this. If no, please make a suggestion. : Regards, : Pat : : |
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I still learn something new every day: I hadn't realised that so many fonts
actually had those symbols. Terry "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Glad I could help. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Pat Miller" wrote in message ... Many thanks for the replies. Special thanks to Suzanne for the good info on Key Assignment. It was quick and very easy. Regards, Pat Miller "Pat Miller" wrote in message ... :I am typing text for a booklet on card games. I need to make the club, : diamond, heart & spade available on the keyboard. How do I assign the : symbols from the character map to the keyboard? Can I use function keys 9, : 10, 11 & 12 for the assignment? If yes, I would appreciate detailed : instruction on how to do this. If no, please make a suggestion. : Regards, : Pat : : |
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Well, of course in the bad old days of ASCII/ANSI fonts, they didn't. But
the newer Unicode fonts are much larger. If there were any chance the font might be changed to one that doesn't contain the symbols, of course it would still be safer to insert them from Wingdings or whatever. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... I still learn something new every day: I hadn't realised that so many fonts actually had those symbols. Terry "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Glad I could help. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Pat Miller" wrote in message ... Many thanks for the replies. Special thanks to Suzanne for the good info on Key Assignment. It was quick and very easy. Regards, Pat Miller "Pat Miller" wrote in message ... :I am typing text for a booklet on card games. I need to make the club, : diamond, heart & spade available on the keyboard. How do I assign the : symbols from the character map to the keyboard? Can I use function keys 9, : 10, 11 & 12 for the assignment? If yes, I would appreciate detailed : instruction on how to do this. If no, please make a suggestion. : Regards, : Pat : : |
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