With all the modern innovations and technology...

[Greg G.]

...why is there still no cent symbol on keyboards?  I would gladly trade the ^ above the 6 for a cent symbol.

[Doug Rose]

...why is there still no cent symbol on keyboards?  I would gladly trade the ^ above the 6 for a cent symbol.

Greg....Agreed! I have needed one many times. Most be a reason???...Doug

[DavePEI]

Well, there is, in a way....

Alt + 0162...¢....the ­ cent sign

In other words hold down the ALT key while typing 0162 on the right numbers keypad on a full keyboard and the ¢ symbol will appear. The top number keys won't work. You need a full keyboard with a numeric keypad on the right.

Or if you do not have a full keyboard (number pad on the right) but have the numbers 0 to 9 on keys m, j, k, l, u ,i ,o , 7, 8, 9, then hold down the Fn (function) key and the Alt key and use these keys to generate the special ASCII characters in text being written. If the number pad OR the letter numbers do not work and you have a "Number Lock" key, push that to lock the numbers and try again - many different keyboards mean several options to do this.

A chart of useful, commonly needed ASCII characters is attached, use the "Dec" number (the number in the "Dec" column) to generate the character shown in the "Char" column (eg: Dec 171 is Char ½). Click the image to enlarge it.

Other examples:    ( updated 5/10/17 )

Alt + 0153..... ™... trademark symbol
Alt + 0161.....¡..... ­.upside down exclamation point
Alt + 0162...¢....the ­ cent sign
Alt + 0163 ....£...... pound sterling
Alt + 0169.... ©.... copyright symbol
Alt + 0171 ..... ½.... one half symbol
Alt + 0174..... ®....registered ­ trademark symbol
Alt + 0176 ...°......degree symbol
Alt + 0177 ...±....plus-or ­-minus sign
Alt + 0182 ...¶.....paragr­aph mark
Alt + 0190 ...¾....fractio­n, three-fourths
Alt + 0191.....¿..... ­upside down question mark
Alt + 0215 ....×.....multi­plication sign
Alt + 1.......☺....smiley face
Alt + 11.....♂......m­ale sign
Alt + 12......♀.....female sign
Alt + 13......♪.....e­ighth note
Alt + 14......♫...... ­beamed eighth note
Alt + 15.....☼.....sun
Alt + 18.....↕......u­p/down arrow
Alt + 2 ......☻.....black smiley face
Alt + 230 ....µ ...... Greek letter mu for micro in capacitance (µF = micro farads)
Alt + 24.......↑..... ­up arrow
Alt + 25......↓...... ­down arrow
Alt + 251.....√.....square root check mark
Alt + 26.....→.....ri­ght arrow
Alt + 27......←.....l­eft arrow
Alt + 29......↔...lef­t right arrow
Alt + 3.......♥...... ­Heart
Alt + 4.......♦...... ­Diamond
Alt + 5.......♣...... ­Club
Alt + 6.......♠.....spade
Alt + 8236.....∞..... ­infinity
Alt + 8721.... ∑.... Numerary summation (auto sum)



Not exactly like having them directly on the keyboard, but how to make them using the keyboard...

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Dave

[twocvbloke]

Doesn't bother us brits, our penny symbol is proudly displayed as a p...

Or d for those who still think in old money...

[Doug Rose]

Dave...I never knew that!!! many thanks....Doug  ...... ¢

[AE_Collector]

Yeah, nothing happening on a keyboard that doesn't have the seperate numbers keyboard.

Now there will be a bunch of posts here with just a "c" cents symbol as people try it out!

How about the Pound Sterling symbol? I need it occasionally.

Good Stuff Dave

Terry

[DavePEI]

Yeah, nothing happening on a keyboard that doesn't have the seperate numbers keyboard.

Now there will be a bunch of posts here with just a "c" cents symbol as people try it out!

How about the Pound Sterling symbol? I need it occasionally.

Good Stuff Dave

Terry

ALT 0163 = £

I added it to the list above....

[WesternElectricBen]

Not a lot of people deal with number in the .00's so I can see why its not their. But, yes it should be their for the odd scansion where you need it. I don't think I've ever used the ^ before.

Ben

[DavePEI]

Not a lot of people deal with number in the .00's so I can see why its not their. But, yes it should be their for the odd scansion where you need it. I don't think I've ever used the ^ before.

Ben

Carets are used extensively in computer programming, and therefore have to be on the keyboard. See the following page for some uses for the caret:

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/caret.htm

[Greg G.]

Well, there is, in a way....

Alt + 0162...¢....the ­ cent sign
Dave

Makes ¢ to me. I also found this:  http://fsymbols.com/keyboard/windows/layouts/

[old_stuff_hound]

I can do option-$ to get ¢

I can also do option-3 to get £, and option-0 to get º (as in "it was 60ºF today").

Any Mac people out there -- try option plus other keys to see all the symbols you can get.

[Mr. Bones]

     In Win V. 3.xx-XP SP3, at the very least, Windows Button --> All Programs --> Accessories--> System Tools --> Character Map. It will show you all the available options / characters for the font you are currently using.

     Highlight, select, copy, paste into your document of choice.

     Sure beats the He*l out of sniffing burlap , and doubly out of trying to remember all the ASCII character codes from TI / TR / GW / Q-BASIC, and all of the permutations of MSDOS.

     Just sayin'

Enjoy, y'all!

[WesternElectricBen]

Not a lot of people deal with number in the .00's so I can see why its not their. But, yes it should be their for the odd scansion where you need it. I don't think I've ever used the ^ before.

Ben

Carets are used extensively in computer programming, and therefore have to be on the keyboard. See the following page for some uses for the caret:

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/caret.htm

I never knew that was a carrot, I guess they could be used in programming like you said. Like in DOS

Ben

[TelePlay]

Dave...I never knew that!!! many thanks....Doug  ...... ¢

Wingdings, Doug, but I never knew the codes. Thanks, Dave.

[DavePEI]

There are literally dozens more codes as well, but those are some of the most commonly needed.

There are a few more useful ones, too:

€ - EURO ALT 0128
¥ - YEN    ALT 0165
÷ - DIVIDE ALT 0247
æ, Æ - Æ Symbol - (case sensitive) ALT 0230, ALT 0198
(Use NUM LOCK key to alter case)
§ = Section Symbol - ALT 21
¶ = Paragraph Symbol - ALT 0182
☺ - Smiley - ALT 1, ALT 2 Black Smiley -  ☻
Ω = OHMS Symbol ALT 234

While NUM LOCK would normally be on for ALT codes, for Æ ALT 0198,  turning NUM lock off and typing ALT 0230 will give you æ, The majority are done with NUM lock on.

More lists of codes: http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/accents/codealt.html

http://www.alt-codes.net/

http://www.mvdmoosdijk.nl/Misc/Altcodes/Alt-codes_for_characters.htm (Most Comprehensive)

Now, we will see how many future posts show x number of  Ohms as x number of Ω!

Dave