The Petra Zone

I'm crazy but we could start a new fad on the Zone by typing foreign language characters, such as �, �, �, or � for example. It's easy; all you have to do is hold down the Alt key while typing four numbers from the right keypad. Here's how to do a few:

Accents

alt + 0225: �
alt + 0233: �
alt + 0237: �
alt + 0243: �
alt + 0250: �
alt + 0253: �

Umlauts

alt + 0228: �
alt + 0235: �
alt + 0239: �
alt + 0246: �
alt + 0252: �
alt + 0255: �

Those cap things

0226: �
0234: �
0238: �
0244: �
0251: �

Other stuff

0222: �
0223: �
0227: �
0229: �
0230: �
0231: �
0240: �
0241: �
0245: �
0248: �
0254: �

I still have not found the "L" with the line through it which is used in Polish.


I like �����!

That will come in handy; now I can say "happy new year" or "happy birthday" in Spanish and not get into trouble for leaving out the little line over the n. LOL.

Feliz a�o nuevo y feliz cumplea�os

Did you know, "ano" is a Japanese word which means "that."

"Soko ni ano hito" = "that person over there."

Of course, you might rather use the word "sono" which means the same thing.


Watashi wa Nihongo o motto sukoshi dekimasu. Supein-go wa Nihongo de mo yoku hanashimasu. = I hardly know any Japanese. I speak Spanish better than Japanese.

Oh yeah, I forgot the Spanish upside-down exclamation point and question mark.

alt + 0161: �
alt + 0191: �

�Ol� amigos! �Qu� pasa?

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How did you find all that out?? LOL, it must have taken you a lot of time playing around! But it's not working for me. I dunno why not. I don't have the right keypads for the numbers on my laptop. Maybe that's the reason.......

Try this: make sure Num Lock is turned on so that the number keys on the right side of the keyboard can work. Hold down either one of the Alt keys, and while holding it down, type any of those sets of four digits listed above. Then let up on the Alt key, and the foreign language character should appear. If it doesn't, then maybe your computer does not have that capability.

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I learned this in a high school Spanish class.

These special characters are part of what is called an extended character set. ASCII code which used to go from 0 up to 255 contains most of these special characters, however I think the ASCII code extends much further now with numbers a '0' in front of them like ALT+0168 "�" as opposed to ALT+168 "�" just for example. They cannot be done on a laptop with out much more hassel or if the laptop doesn't have a number pad built in as secondary funtion keys

I have a piece of paper about 5 foot wide and 3 foot high printed with every special character listed on it... I am a geek and a technician so this should not suprise anyone

Would I be able to type Russian letters?