john carter Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Thanks, folks. John, the actual file is called charmap.exe. Try searching for that. Thank you Vox, I've found it and all's well. I can now get rid of the scrappy bit of paper on my desk! John C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newnham Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Paul, I too usually use the ASCII codes; the character map would be more helpful but I can't find it where you have suggested, nor does a search on "character map" produce anything. Any ideas? Nothing unusual on my system: XP Home, MS Office and IE7. John C Hi I use character map frequently for NPOR entries, as the editing software is a basic text editor, the normal WIndows shortcuts don't work. Access it from START-ALL PROGRAMMES-SYSTEM TOOLS and character map is on the resulting menu - right at the top on my computer. Having got there, you could add a shortcut from the desktop, etc. if you want to. Every Blessing Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcnd5584 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Hi I use character map frequently for NPOR entries, as the editing software is a basic text editor, the normal WIndows shortcuts don't work. Access it from START-ALL PROGRAMMES-SYSTEM TOOLS and character map is on the resulting menu - right at the top on my computer. Having got there, you could add a shortcut from the desktop, etc. if you want to. Every Blessing Tony Failing that, a search for 'charmap' will find several entries. Look for the application, right-click, and place a shortcut on Desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john carter Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Failing that, a search for 'charmap' will find several entries. Look for the application, right-click, and place a shortcut on Desktop. You also have to have the application loaded from the Windows CD in the first place - which I didn't. I have these occasional "tidying-up" sessions where I get rid of things I'm not using and I must have inadvertently removed the character map at the same time. As a wise computer professional once told me, "Do you prefer a tidy computer - or one that works?" It rather reminds me of the thread about tidy organ lofts! John C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Hi I use character map frequently for NPOR entries, as the editing software is a basic text editor, the normal WIndows shortcuts don't work. Tony The "normal" accents, eg ü, Ü, é, è, ç, â, ñ, are all very easy on a Mac; there is something called Keyboard Viewer that helps you find the keys to press. To help the Polish au pair I turned on the Polish keyboard layout and there were the l's with slashes and everything! And, Tony, I'd imagine the keyboard shortcuts would work in a Text Editor too, though I'm no expert. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newnham Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 The "normal" accents, eg ü, Ü, é, è, ç, â, ñ, are all very easy on a Mac; there is something called Keyboard Viewer that helps you find the keys to press. To help the Polish au pair I turned on the Polish keyboard layout and there were the l's with slashes and everything! And, Tony, I'd imagine the keyboard shortcuts would work in a Text Editor too, though I'm no expert. Michael Hi The microsoft keyboard shortcuts don't work in most basic text editors - I've not used a Mac so I don't know. NPOR is on an Oracle database, and the windows shortcuts don't work, but the keystroke codes (ALT+a number) and copying from other programmes or from Character Map does come up with the correct characters. It's pretty easy to enable alternative language keyboards in Windows XP - I have Urdu available on mine, but a native Urdu speaker tells me that some of the keys are in different places to a true Urdu keyboard. All I need to do now is to learn the language! Every Blessing Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfortin Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I know that these discussion topics frequently wander off down unexpected paths, but surely this one takes the biscuit. Organ anoracks may be sad people, but who in their right mind wants to read endless postings about keyboard shortcuts? Please get back on topic or let it die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john carter Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I know that these discussion topics frequently wander off down unexpected paths, but surely this one takes the biscuit. Organ anoracks may be sad people, but who in their right mind wants to read endless postings about keyboard shortcuts? Please get back on topic or let it die. Sorry Neil, partly my fault. But it has been a useful conversation. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I know that these discussion topics frequently wander off down unexpected paths, but surely this one takes the biscuit. Organ anoracks may be sad people, but who in their right mind wants to read endless postings about keyboard shortcuts? Please get back on topic or let it die. I'm sorry you don't consider the discussion appropriate. Every on-line group I've ever been part of, e-lists, Usenet, and boards such as this one, has had threads that digress to a discussion of computer keyboard shortcuts for accents. It's almost inevitable when you consider the means of communication. There's nothing particularly anorakish about organists in this regard. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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