Nigerian currency is N with two parallel cross lines. How to add

[Nigerian Naira currency symbol]

How to add new currency symbols in Excel, Word, Outlook, Character maps etc.

Nigerian Naira is a N with 2 parallel line in the center across. I want to
add the same in Excel. Please help!

 

[Mary Sauer]

Type.
20A6, alt + x
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[James Silverton]

Mary wrote on Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:43:59 -0400:

MS> Type.
MS> 20A6, alt + x
MS> ...
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MS> "Nigerian Naira currency symbol" <Nigerian Naira currency
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MS> ??>> How to add new currency symbols in Excel, Word, Outlook,
??>> Character maps etc.
??>>
??>> Nigerian Naira is a N with 2 parallel line in the center
??>> across. I want to add the same in Excel. Please help!

Mary!

I am not the OP and it is not a symbol that I had ever seen
before but 20a6 really works! How did you find this out since it
does not appear with the Insert...Symbol command? Using Office
Professional Word, you can select 20a6 under Unicode hex but
nothing happens, unlike your ALT-X prescription

Bemused!


James Silverton.

 

[Paul Ballou]

I am not the OP and it is not a symbol that I had ever seen
before but 20a6 really works! How did you find this out since it does not
appear with the Insert...Symbol command? Using Office Professional Word,
you can select 20a6 under Unicode hex but nothing happens, unlike your
ALT-X prescription

Bemused!


James Silverton.

====================================================

Hi James,

Using Insert | Symbol | Font choose MS Mincho > Subset: Currency Symbols
This particular symbol is 2nd row 7 from left
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[James Silverton]

Paul wrote on Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:11:04 -0500:


??>> I am not the OP and it is not a symbol that I had ever
??>> seen before but 20a6 really works! How did you find this
??>> out since it does not appear with the Insert...Symbol
??>> command? Using Office Professional Word, you can select
??>> 20a6 under Unicode hex but nothing happens, unlike your
??>> ALT-X prescription
??>>
??>> Bemused!
??>>
??>> James Silverton.
PB> ====================================================

PB> Hi James,

PB> Using Insert | Symbol | Font choose MS Mincho > Subset:
Currency
PB> Symbols This particular symbol is 2nd row 7 from left
PB> --
PB> Paul Ballou
PB> MVP Office
PB> http://office.microsoft.com/home
PB> http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/
PB> http://www.ballousgiftshop.com

Thanks Paul!

I get it! I see that the Naira symbol is only available in a
limited number of fonts but if you enter the hex Unicode value
in the text followed by ALT-X one of these fonts will be
selected for it. A quick and doubtless incomplete survey
indicates that Arial will use MS Gothic and Times New Roman,
Courier, Garamond produce it in MS Mincho, which seems the
default font in several others. Lucida Sans Unicode, MS Sans
Serif, Tahoma include the Naira.

As I've said before, you live and learn, but I repeat the
question, how did you ever find out?


James Silverton.

 

[Paul Ballou]

As I've said before, you live and learn, but I repeat the question, how

did you ever find out?

======================================

In the insert Symbol dialog next to the Shortcut Key Button you will see the
key combination for selected symbols next to the button.

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Paul Ballou
MVP Office
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http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/
http://www.ballousgiftshop.com

Life would be easier if we could view the source code

 

[Nigerian Naira currency symbol]

Thanks a lot for the great finding. It is great. But it works only in word.
In excel, outlook the same is not working. I am looking for adding the same
in currency symbols in Excel also.
Could you help please.
Yours Ragu.

 

[Opinicus]

"Nigerian Naira currency symbol"

Thanks a lot for the great finding. It is great. But it
works only in word.
In excel, outlook the same is not working. I am looking
for adding the same
in currency symbols in Excel also.

You could create the symbol in a Word document, copy it to
the clipboard, and then paste it into Excel.

 

[James Silverton]

Opinicus wrote on Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:19:47 +0300:

??>> Thanks a lot for the great finding. It is great. But it
??>> works only in word.
??>> In excel, outlook the same is not working. I am looking
??>> for adding the same
??>> in currency symbols in Excel also.

O> You could create the symbol in a Word document, copy it to
O> the clipboard, and then paste it into Excel.

Why the ALT-X method will not work in Excel is something for the
great brains at Microsoft to explain but Insert Symbol, set to
Unicode Hex will work if the font used is one that contains the
Naira, These include Tahoma, MS Mincho, Lucida Sans Unicode and
MS Sans Serif. There may be others and I will leave you to try
them out in Outlook.


James Silverton.

 

[Nigerian Naira currency symbol]

Thanks. It is successful in Excel also.

 

[James Silverton]

James wrote to Opinicus on Wed, 10 Aug 2005 08:07:11 -0400:

??>>> Thanks a lot for the great finding. It is great. But it
??>>> works only in word.
??>>> In excel, outlook the same is not working. I am looking
??>>> for adding the same
??>>> in currency symbols in Excel also.

O>> You could create the symbol in a Word document, copy it to
O>> the clipboard, and then paste it into Excel.

JS> Why the ALT-X method will not work in Excel is something
JS> for the great brains at Microsoft to explain but Insert
JS> Symbol, set to Unicode Hex will work if the font used is
JS> one that contains the Naira, These include Tahoma, MS
JS> Mincho, Lucida Sans Unicode and MS Sans Serif. There may be
JS> others and I will leave you to try them out in Outlook.

I got interested and tried to see if Insert Symbol would work in
Outlook as provided in Office XP. I don't use Outlook much but,
AFAIK, Insert Symbol is not available but there *is* a way via
the CharacterMap program. You *can* put a shortcut for Character
Map on your desktop but don't these incompatibilities among
programs allegedly forming a Suite drive you nuts? I suppose the
problem is that they are not based on a decent system like Unix


James Silverton.

 

[Beth Melton]

What do you have set for your currency symbol in your Regional
Settings in your Control Panel?

I can copy the symbol from Word and paste it in the Currency format
combo box and it will be used for the Currency format in Excel.

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