Often times when typing, we want to use special characters, and we have to stop and search for the key strokes to get that little booger in place. I’m often writing things for the best birthday party magician in Allen TX and I got tired of doing that searching, so, here are the results of my personal tastes in special characters:
| ¹ | Alt+0185 | Superscript One |
| ² | Alt+0178 | Superscript Two |
| ³ | Alt+0179 | Superscript Three |
| ° | Alt+0176 | Degree |
| © | Alt+0169 | Copyright |
| ® | Alt+0174 | Registered |
| ¼ | Alt+0188 | Fraction ¼ |
| ½ | Alt+0189 | Fraction ½ |
| ¾ | Alt+0190 | Fraction ¾ |
| ‰ | Alt+0137 | Per Mile Sign |
| ™ | Alt+0153 | Trade Mark |
| ¢ | Alt+0162 | Cents |
| ñ | Alt+0241 | Enya |
| — | Alt+0151 | emdash |
Of course, these keyboard strokes are for PC’s and not macs.
Now you can properly identify corporate slogans and trademarks with the appropriate symbol ™!
And when my magician friend does his magic shows, I can properly identify his Sweet 16 & Quinceañera parties.
One of my tricks for speeding up the typing is to have a separate open window of words I want to cut and paste. This keeps my thoughts flowing without hindrance due to my limited typing speed. So I can have ideas, paste them for use later, and when the time comes to put those thoughts on print, cut from my idea page and paste to the actual published work. Voila! Instant idea transfer.
Now using these methods gets me speed for passing information. This information should be of some value to help you get your ideas out there quickly. If you watch the AT&T 4G commercials, you know that some things on the internet are so 27 seconds ago. Go out there and get to publishing quickly. I don’t want yesterday’s news today.
