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Old 20th Nov 2020, 9:46 pm   #41
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Cheer's Graham, it's a mystery to me too, because entering the three number code for µ (Alt + 230) returns just that.....µ.....

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Old 20th Nov 2020, 10:03 pm   #42
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The behaviour of the numeric keypad depends on your keyboard and language options.

Mine are set to English (United Kingdom) United Kingdom Keyboard. If I select an American keyboard layout ALT + 227 stops working.
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Old 20th Nov 2020, 10:11 pm   #43
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Graham, mine is set the same as yours is "English (United Kingdom) United Kingdom keyboard"

All a bit strange.

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Goodness - a glass of wine later and this has grown to three pages!

Yes, it's a minefield. For me Ò is Alt+227. You can sometimes get different things for left and right Alt keys.

You have to check on your own character map. For me, (UK English, UK keyboard) there is no Alt code for Pi, so I discovered the method for making the hex code work. See attached snip. I have to look in the 'Unicode' section of the Character Map to find Pi, while Mu is also available in the much more limited 'DOS Western Europe' section (second snip - note Alt code bottom right, Hex bottom left). There is no Pi available in my DOS Western Europe list, so I have to use the Unicode hex.
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Ok, pressed that Num key then did Alt + 227 it didn't shoot to Google and this is the symbol that appeared in this post....Ò....:

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How strange. I have to type Alt 0210 to get a Ò
Yes, those both give the same character.
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This issue was raised in a thread a few years ago. In XP the issue was what character set had been selected in one of the settings menus. With the US set, ALT + 227 gave Pi, whereas with the default character set as Multilingual (Latin 1), it gave Ò. I don't have a Windows 10 system so don't know what or where the corresponding menus/settings are.
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Could we have a few of the common characters added to the Emojis on "go advanced"?
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This was the old thread:

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=108843

My experience with XP is at #11
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So how do I get Pi using Alt + a number code....Anyone?

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As I implied earlier, I don't think you can with the standard UK English character set. It's only available as a Unicode.
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For NUM LOC then ALT + 227 to work all language and keyboard settings must be set to UK English.

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As I said earlier they are and here's the result of Alt+227 using the numeric keypad "Ò" it's not the Pi symbol.

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Sorry Lawrence, but I cannot assist you further. Those are my W10 settings on three machines and they work.

Perhaps someone else can help.
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Sorry Lawrence, but I cannot assist you further. Those are my W10 settings on three machines and they work.

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So you are saying that Alt+227 on your computer returns a Pi symbol?

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Yes. So long as Num Lock is on and I use the numeric keypad.

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I can reproduce your problem Lawrence.

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Change system locale...

Must be set to English (United States) from the drop down list.
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Thanks Graham.

It's strange.

I can do Alt+230 from a code list that was posted earlier and get the expected µ but no expected Pi symbol when doing Alt+227.

My language/keyboard settings enclosed.

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Follow the procedure in post #56 and check your system locale... I've added a picture to that post.
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Old 21st Nov 2020, 12:35 pm   #59
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Cheers for that Graham.

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I guess the factory settings depend on where the PC was sourced from. I've checked two Dells and an HP, all bought in the UK and they're set like that.
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