Extended ASCII; a list of combinations
One of “the oldest tricks” with writing on a computer; the ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
While writing an article – you sometimes need a “weird character”….
A lot of people do know about the excistance of the combination of the ALT-digit combination…… for example; é (ALT 130).
For the people who do not know about this; just press the ALT button – while keeping this one pressed – type 130. You can now take your finger from the ALT button – AND….. the é will appear…
But to know ALL OF THEM..??? Nah – little bit too much uh…??
Well; I found a nice list, the extended ASCII list, you will find it as a GIF imagine on the bottom of this post.
While searching for this; I also find a little webtool of TypOrganism on which you can make a ASCII picture of “any JPEG of 60*50 pixel”.
For example you can see on the top left of this post the ASCII picture of the OnMyComp.com logo !!
Homepage; TypOrganism ASCII-O-Matic
It should be noted that this only works with the numerical keypad…
How do the Ascii symbols work using an HP Pavillion Dv6000 ?
The key combinations ALT+….. won’t work.
I have tried FN+…. and nohing happens,
I have tried Ctrl+….. and neither does.
What should I do?
@Hellguz; As you can see in the comment of Rudy; it only works with a numerical keypad. (if you have a NORMAL keyboard – on the total right side)
Most laptops do not have this.
Sorry !!
Thanks for the quick reply. I have the solution for laptops and want to share with the world.
I examined my machine and found out that when pressing “Fn+Num Lk” you are able to activate the NumPad, then you can use Alt+numbers.
Keys M,J,K,L,U,I,O have a number from 0 to 9 respectively. This way the combination Sjeltur talked about is possible.
I also browsed the web and downloaded a Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, which is a good tool for editing existing keyboards or creating new ones. You all can get it at Microsoft’s; but if u don’t wanna waste yer time in dumby question, get it directly from http://files.filefront.com/MSKLCexe/;8387676;/fileinfo.html
I hope it helps. Tell me if it did on your machines.
Good Luck !
@Hellguz – thanx for sharing !!
I (almost) never use the keyboard of my laptop; I have it connected (via a docking station) to a full keyboard. But staring at the keyboard of my laptop – do also see this solution.
But thanx again for sharing…
More suggestions and tips are welcome !!