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O.P. Hot keys for special symbols?
I've been searching the whole day (feels like it) for a program that can make hot keys to paste special symbols. There's no problem with symbols that have an alt + #### combo, but for those without it (like √,∞,∫,≈,∙ ) no program will paste them. Every single program I've tried returns a '?' or just a normal letter instead of the character. However, when I copy it from the character map (or whatever it's called) the symbol is pasted correctly. This is just a rather clumsy way to do it so I'm looking for a program that can insert the symbols when a hot key is pressed or even better, replace a string of text with the symbol (for example replace "sqrt" with √ ) as I type.
Mainly I need this for MSN, but preferably with other programs too.
EDIT: Well, the special symbols got replaced, but I hope you get the point. The symbols is supposed to be:
√ - Square root
∞ - infinity
∫ - integral
≈ - almost equal to
∙ - multiplied with (a dot in the middle)
This post was edited on 11-08-2005 at 10:14 PM by Luthion.
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