How to Make Peace Signs on YouTube

The peace symbol

YouTube video descriptions and comments can accept special symbols, such as a peace sign character, but they do not accept HTML code, which is the normal means of creating a peace sign to display on a Web page. You can get around this limitation by copying a peace sign from your computer's character map and pasting it into the comment or description box on YouTube. If you have access to a Web page that accepts HTML code, such as a MySpace profile or Orkut scrap, you can create your own peace sign symbol and copy it from there.

Instructions

1. Click "Start," then "All Programs," then "Accessories," then "System Tools," and then "Character Map" to open your computer's character map.

2. Change the font drop-down to "Arial Unicode MS."

3. Type "peace" in the "Search for" box.

4. Click "Search."

5. Click on the peace sign.

6. Click "Select."

7. Click "Copy." The peace sign is now on your computer's clipboard.

8. Go to the YouTube website (see Resources). Sign in.

9. Load the video for which you want to insert a peace symbol in the description or comment area.

10. Click inside the comment box to insert a peace sign in a comment. Click "Edit Video Details" and click inside the "Description" box to insert a peace sign in a video description. You must own the video to edit video details.

11. Press "Ctrl" and "V" to paste the peace sign symbol.

12. Click "Post" to post a comment or "Save Changes" to save changes to your video description.

Tips & Warnings

• You cannot paste the alternate peace sign symbol, in which you make a "V" shape with two fingers, into YouTube. You can insert it into print documents on your computer by making a capital "A" in the Webdings font.

Resources

• YouTube