Insert Specific Character into OneNote2007?

[Vyshtia]

I'VE BEEN SEARCHING ALL OVER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS AND
CANNOT FIND A WAY.

HERE IS THE SITUATION:
I'M IN ONENOTE 2007 USING CALIBRI FONT.
I WANT TO ADD A SIMPLE CHECKMARK INTO THE DOCUMENT.
IT IS WINGDINGS, BOTTOM (LAST) ROW, 4TH FROM THE RIGHT (IN ON'S SYMBOL
INSERT WIZARD).

IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS FROM THE INSERT SYMBOL WIZARD? I HATE THIS
OPTION BECAUSE IT'S TOO MANY CLICKS OF THE MOUSE. I WOULD LOVE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS VIA KEYBOARD SHORTCUT. BECAUSE THERE ARE
SYMBOLS LIKE THIS THAT I USE A LOT IN MY NOTES.

I'VE TRIED COPYING THE CHECKMARK SYMBOL AND PASTING INTO AUTOCORRECT,
BUT THIS RESULTS IN ANOTHER SYMBOL PASTING ALTOGETHER.

I'VE TRIED TYPING THE \"CHARACTER CODE: 252\" THAT THE WIZARD SAYS, BUT
THAT COMES OUT WITH ANOTHER CHARACTER TOO.

PLEASE HELP.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
DAWN.

 

[Kathy Jacobs]

I would suggest setting up a to do flag for your checkmark. If you make that
flag one of the top 9 flags in your list, you can apply it to a paragraph
using the appropriate function key. Would that get you where you need to be?

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[John Guin]

One way to do this is to change the font to Wingding and type ALT+0252 (using
the digits on the keypad).

And in general, when looking at character map, the 4 digit code to type in
conjunction with the ALT key is listed at the bottom of the window. For
instance, most fonts use 0162 as the cent sign.

If changing to Wingding each time is too distracting, you could always set
up autocorrect to change something like cccc to the cehckmark.

 

[John Guin]

Oh, and if you aren't tied to the Wingding checkmark, CTRL+1 twice will give
you a OneNote checked box. It's pretty quick to type, doesn't require the
font to be changed, but is always put at the beginning of the line.

--
Thanks,
John Guin
OneNote Test Team
http://blogs.msdn.com/johnguin

One way to do this is to change the font to Wingding and type ALT+0252 (using
the digits on the keypad).

And in general, when looking at character map, the 4 digit code to type in
conjunction with the ALT key is listed at the bottom of the window. For
instance, most fonts use 0162 as the cent sign.

If changing to Wingding each time is too distracting, you could always set
up autocorrect to change something like cccc to the cehckmark.

 

[Vyshtia]

One way to do this is to change the font to Wingding and type ALT+0252
(using
the digits on the keypad).

And in general, when looking at character map, the 4 digit code to type
in
conjunction with the ALT key is listed at the bottom of the window. For
instance, most fonts use 0162 as the cent sign.

If changing to Wingding each time is too distracting, you could always
set
up autocorrect to change something like cccc to the cehckmark.

--
Thanks,
John Guin
OneNote Test Team
'OneNote Testing' (http://blogs.msdn.com/johnguin)

Yeah, I want to stay away from changing the font each time.

I tried to set up autocorrect (because that would be IDEAL!), but when
I copy/paste the checkmark into autocorrect, it changes into another
symbol. I don't know why it's doing that. Do you think my autocorrect
is buggy? Or is it only limited to symbols of only certain fonts?

 

[Vyshtia]

I would suggest setting up a to do flag for your checkmark. If you make
that
flag one of the top 9 flags in your list, you can apply it to a
paragraph
using the appropriate function key. Would that get you where you need
to be?

No...not quite what I want. It's a great idea though and I'll probably
use this idea for other things! Thank you.

What I'm basically doing is using symbols as shorthand in my notes.

I have autocorrect set to show:
!ra = right arrow = "goes to"
!ua = up arrow = "increase"
@ = "about", "around"

so when I'm quickly typing out my notes, I don't have to stop and use
the mouse.

Your idea would be great except that the flags limit you to choosing a
set group of symbols and they are colored. If a Black colored
checkmark was an option, that would work because it would match
seamlessly into my notes. I use the checkmark to represent "check"
(big leap, huh? :tongue - so it would be within text.

It's not JUST the checkmark I'm trying to figure out either. I guess
the real question is:

Is there any way for autocorrect to use symbols in fonts not used in
the main document?

Something else that's very annoying about using the Insert Symbol
Wizard is that after I've inserted the symbol (of another font) - it
changes the font on my main document, so I have to go and change it
back to my font.

Another good thing is if there was a shortcut key to change back and
forth between two fonts...but I don't think that exists at all.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!!

 

[omalley73]

Another good thing is if there was a shortcut key to change back and
forth between two fonts...but I don't think that exists at all.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!!

Not exactly what you were asking for, but hitting CTRL+SHIFT+F will
put the focus on the Font select dropdown. You could then type the
name of the font you want to use (without having to tough the mouse at
all).

Hope this helps,
Bob O'Malley

 

[Chris Alivallo]

Click on 'View'
Click on 'Drawing Toolbar'

on the bottom of the window you will see a drawing toolbar. Proceed.

 

[Chris Alivallo]

Use WingDings or:

click on 'view' at the top of the window
click on 'drawing tools' from the dropdown list.

the tools will appear in the bottom of the window. Proceed.