In Microsoft Word you can insert Unicode characters by typing the hex value of the character then typing Alt-x. You can also see the Unicode value of a character by placing the cursor immediately after the character and pressing Alt-x. This also works in applications that use the Windows rich edit control such as WordPad and Outlook.
In Notepad or WordPad, it shows 吏. Hold down Alt, press the Unicode decimal 1 2 9 5 0 2 on the numeric keypad, release Alt, but it shows . Hold down Alt, press 0 1 2 9 5 0 2 on the numeric keypad, release Alt, but it shows Þ How can I type the emoji 🧞 correctly?
Some applicatons provide other facilities that will allow hexadecimal Unicode character codes to be typed and then transformed. Word allows you to type the code (such as 200f) and then convert it to Unicode by typing Alt-X. I'm looking for a general method of doing this that will work with the standard input.
In Windows, there is the possibility to type special signs from the keyboard by holding the Alt key and typing a few numbers, that depends on which sign you want to use. Does it work with Linux in ...
Then, you can (in vim's insert mode) type ctrl-v, then u to put it into unicode entry mode, then you can finally type your unicode hex code in however you like. Either of these mean you can enter unicode into chrome, like you want to, without having to install another windows application or mess with the registry.
For typing non-BMP characters, copy and paste is often the most practical way. Of course, you first need something to copy; you could use online tables of characters, or my Full Unicode Input utility, or the character picker in Microsoft Word (which extends past BMP, unlike the Windows character picker, i.e. CharMap).
0 See the Wikipedia article Unicode input - Decimal input: Some programs running in Microsoft Windows, including recent versions of Word and Wordpad, can produce characters from their Unicode code points expressed in decimal and entered on the numeric keypad with the Alt key held down.
How can a Unicode character such as U+2713 CHECK MARK be typed in Excel in Office 365, on Windows 10? These methods all work in Word, but not in Excel: holding down Alt and typing 10003 on the nu...
By default, the numeric keypad way of entering characters by code can only access the first 256 characters. (I believe these are defined by your system's code page for non-Unicode programs.) Codes bigger than 256 get wrapped around, so code 257 actually gets you character 1. To enable the entry of all Unicode characters by code, create a string registry value in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER ...
So entering ALT+8230, is actually equivalent to typing ALT+38 (8230 / 256 = 32.1484375. 256 * 32 = 8192. 8230 - 8192 = 38), which is the ASCII character "&" -- unless the program intercepts it and replaces it with 'proper' Unicode codes, or by using a different code page (ie: Unicode), as MS Word, and newer WordPad versions do, for example.
