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Gratis: Palette for easy insertion of special characters
Thread poster: Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
Jan 2, 2023

You can make a palette for those special characters that you have to insert often. Or make several palettes, for specific collections of characters.

Install AutoHotkey. See this thread, navigate to the posting "If the Character Map is difficult to navigate, create your own".

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Umlauts and accents: À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Œ Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ

Punctuation: ¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • - – —

Commercial symbols: ™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤

Greek characters: α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω

Math characters: ∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ø ∈ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔ ↑ ℵ ∉ °

Subscripts and superscripts as special characters (here shown with x): x₀ x₁ x₂ x₃ x₄ x₅ x₆ x₇ x₈ x₉ x⁰ x¹ x² x³ x⁴ x⁵ x⁶ x⁷ x⁸ x⁹



[Edited at 2023-01-02 21:36 GMT]
 
Hans Lenting
Hans Lenting
Netherlands
Member (2006)
German to Dutch
TOPIC STARTER
Simplified Jan 3, 2023

Screen Shot 2023-01-03 at 10.19.19

Since there are easy ways to insert letters with accents, I've removed them from the palette. I've placed the subscript and superscript numbers on the first row.

Script:
Screen Shot 2023-01-03 at 10.23.32

Download the script here.

EDIT: Probably better to place the 0 after the 9, to match the keyboard layout.

Screen Shot 2023-01-03 at 10.38.00


[Edited at 2023-01-03 09:38 GMT]
 


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