Inserting an International Character or Symbol:

• Find the keystrokes that correspond to the desired symbol in the desired font. To do this:
• Double-click the character map icon in Accesories & Productivity Tools
• set the font to the desired font
• click on the desired symbol
• in the lower right-hand corner you will see the necessary keystroke(s)
• Go to the location in the program you're working in (Excel,Word, Visio, or what-have-you) where the special symbol should be inserted and change the font at that point to the desired font . Be sure that you are changing it only for the character you are entering and not for the whole title/legend, drawing, etc.
• Enter the required keystrokes.
• If this is just a regular key, then this is easy. (E.g. to get an a with two dots above it the keystroke is @ in WPMultinationalA Roman)
• But some/many of these will be the Alt key plus 4 numbers entered from the numeric keypad as follows:
• Press the Num Lock key to turn Numeric Lock "ON" for the keypad
• Hold down the Alt key and enter the 4 numbers from the numeric keypad
• Release the Alt key.
• Press the Num Lock key to turn Numeric Lock "OFF" for the keypa
• If you have done this correctly you will see the special symbol on the screen.