The ANSI character set
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Q. How do I input symbols such as the degrees sign, the cents symbol or an accented letter in my Outlook Express e-mail messages like I can with Word? -- Michael J. Hogan, St. Charles, Ill.

A. Microsoft Word uses the Symbol command from the Insert menu to insert special characters. There's no similar command in Outlook Express, but you can still enter those special characters if you know how.

In Windows, the easiest way to insert a character that doesn't appear on the keyboard is to open the Character Map utility (found on the Start menu under Programs, then Accessories; in Windows 98 go a layer deeper under System Tools), select the font you're using and click the character you want. Press the Select and Copy buttons to copy it to the clipboard. Then you can paste it into any document.

If you don't have Character Map on your computer, you can install it using the Add/Remove Programs control panel. Click on the Windows Setup tab, double-click on System Tools, and check the box next to Character Map.

Windows also allows you to enter special characters directly using the Alt key and the numeric keypad (Num Lock must be on). For example, enter an "e" with an acute accent mark by typing Alt-0233. Alt-0176 is the degrees symbol and Alt-0162 is the cents sign. For a table of all the standard characters and their keycodes visit various sites on the web-- just add a zero to the beginning of each code listed after using the Alt key.

The ANSI Character Set

The following table shows characters 128-255 of the ANSI character set.


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Code

Char

Name

Code

Char

Name

128

unused

192

À

A grave

129

unused

193

Á

A acute

130

baseline single quote

194

Â

A circumflex

131

ƒ

florin

195

Ã

A tilde

132

baseline double quote

196

Ä

A diaeresis

133

ellipsis

197

Å

A ring

134

dagger (single)

198

Æ

AE ligature

135

dagger (double)

199

Ç

C cedilla

136

ˆ

circumflex

200

È

E grave

137

per mil

201

É

E acute

138

Š

S caron

202

Ê

E circumflex

139

left single guillemet

203

Ë

E diaeresis

140

Œ

OE ligature

204

Ì

I grave

141

unused

205

Í

I acute

142

Ž

unused

206

Î

I circumflex

143

unused

207

Ï

I diaeresis

144

unused

208

Ð

Icelandic Eth

145

open single quote

209

Ñ

N tilde

146

close single quote

210

Ò

O grave

147

open double quote

211

Ó

O acute

148

close double quote

212

Ô

O circumflex

149

bullet (large)

213

Õ

O tilde

150

en dash

214

Ö

O diaeresis

151

em dash

215

×

multiply symbol

152

˜

tilde

216

Ø

O with oblique stroke

153

unregistered trademark

217

Ù

U grave

154

š

s caron

218

Ú

U acute

155

right single guillemet

219

Û

U circumflex

156

œ

oe ligature

220

Ü

U diaeresis

157

unused

221

Ý

Y acute

158

ž

unused

222

Þ

Icelandic Thorn

159

Ÿ

Y diaeresis

223

ß

German sharp s

160

 

non-breaking space

224

à

a grave

161

¡

Spanish inverted !

225

á

a acute

162

¢

cents

226

â

a circumflex

163

£

pounds

227

ã

a tilde

164

¤

intl. monetary symbol

228

ä

a diaeresis

165

¥

yen

229

å

a ring

166

¦

broken bar

230

æ

ae ligature

167

§

section symbol

231

ç

c cedilla

168

¨

diaeresis

232

è

e grave

169

©

copyright

233

é

e acute

170

ª

feminine ordinal

234

ê

e circumflex

171

«

left double guillemet

235

ë

e diaeresis

172

¬

not

236

ì

i grave

173

­

soft hyphen

237

í

i acute

174

®

registered trademark

238

î

i circumflex

175

¯

macron

239

ï

i diaeresis

176

°

ring (also degrees)

240

ð

Icelandic eth

177

±

plus/minus

241

ñ

n tilde

178

²

superscript 2

242

ò

o grave

179

³

superscript 3

243

ó

o acute

180

´

acute

244

ô

o circumflex

181

µ

micro symbol (or mu)

245

õ

o tilde

182

pilcrow (paragraph symbol)

246

ö

o diaeresis

183

·

bullet (small)

247

÷

divide symbol

184

¸

cedilla

248

ø

o with oblique stroke

185

¹

superscript 1

249

ù

u grave

186

º

masculine ordinal

250

ú

u acute

187

»

right double guillemet

251

û

u circumflex

188

¼

one-fourth

252

ü

u diaeresis

189

½

one-half

253

ý

y acute

190

¾

three-fourths

254

þ

Icelandic thorn

191

¿

Spanish inverted ?

255

ÿ

y diaeresis


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