Friday, August 28, 2020

Make Copyright Trademark & Other Symbols


~  (C) = Copyright . . .

 right?  ~

 

Friday Night Nonsense by ~dellgirl~


Did you know you can easily produce the copyright symbol © using your keyboard? Other symbols you can produce that are not readily available on the keyboard are ® the TradeMark symbol and £ the Pound Sign.

In order to make these symbols you must use the numeric keypad located on the right side of the keyboard. 

The numbers on the top row of your keyboard will NOT work.

First, activate the numeric keypad by pressing the "NUM LOCK" key.

Next enter the sequence of numbers while holding the Alt key down.

You MUST enter the beginning zero along with the other numbers in the sequence.

Below are a few common symbols that are not found on the regular keyboard along with directions to make them using the numeric key pad.

Hold the Alt key down while entering the numbers.

Alt+number = Symbol  
Alt + 0169  = ©

Alt + 0174  = ®

Alt + 0163 = £

Alt + 0191 = ¿

Alt + 0153 =

Alt  + 0174 = ®

Alt + 0162 =¢

Alt + 36 = $

What are your thoughts on keyboard symbols? Do you have a favorite symbol? What is it? How do you make it? Please share in the comments section. We’d love to hear all about it.

10 comments:

  1. Thanks for the info. It would be much easier then opening the Symbols box, finding the correct one, and the copying and pasting it where I want it to go.

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  2. Thanks for the tutorial. It's nice to learn something new and useful about keyboard symbols.

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  3. When you run into a comment box that requires input but you don't want to comment, alt + 255. It's a blank character. It can also be used as a space where spaces aren't allowed.

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  4. I used to use an emdash quite often in my blogs. The New Blogger doesn't take the code -- yet! -- so I currently use two normal dashes.

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  5. Alt codes are a must! You can also use them for the special characters of foreign languages that also use the Roman alphabet, such as ñ, ä, é, and so forth. A necessity if you want to write foreign words correctly.

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  6. Good info! I never knew this. Have a lovely and joyous day.

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  7. What great information - thanks! I never knew about all these codes. I will probably use the ¢ Love it!

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  8. Good information here, thank you.

    All the best Jan

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