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Using Microsoft Excel and a simple formula, you can see all the font characters available to you on your system. In addition, you can use the resulting worksheet information to learn the keyboard shortcut for the characters.
=CHAR(ROW())
In cell A1 of an open Excel worksheet, enter this formula: =CHAR(ROW())
Column Selected
After filling the formula down, click on the Column A header to select the entire column.
Choose Font
Now, you can choose a different font. You can easily choose a different from the Font box on the formatting toolbar (highlighted in red in the image at the left) or you can choose a different font by clicking on Format in the top menu bar, then click on Cells, and finally, click on the Font tab.
In your worksheet, scroll down to view the characters available. You can view other font characters by repeating Steps 3 and 4 where you select the column and then choose a different font.
Shortcut Key
To learn the keyboard shortcut for any character, look at the row number corresponding to the character. If the row number is less than two characters, add a zero to the front. Then, to perform the shortcut, hold down on the Alt key and press the corresponding numbers on the number pad on the right side of keyboard. In the example at left, the shortcut would be Alt 037. The receiving cell for your shortcut must be formatted with the same font setting.
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AutumnLeavz said
on 4/29/2008 This is great, thanks a bunch! 5 stars!