When you need to make symbols and letters that aren’t on your computer keyboard – such as © for Copyright or the Trademark, cents, Euro, or one-half symbols – or a real bullet instead of an asterisk – here’s a handy tutorial to bookmark.

You’ll find French, German and Spanish accents, including à, é, ü and ñ.

If you’re a writer, you can make real “en” and “em” dashes instead of — a double hyphen.

For really cool symbols (stars, fancy bullets, astrological glyphs, etc.), you’ll want to check out the Alt Key shortcuts for Wingdings and Dingbats (below).

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make symbols and non-English letters using: (1) the Insert function in Microsoft Word and Publisher, (2) The Character Map for copying and pasting symbols into your document, and (3) the Alt Key shortcuts for the same symbols.

You’ll also find free lists below with dozens of alt key symbols, including copyright, trademark, registered, French, German and Spanish accents, bullets and more - plus shortcuts for common Wingdings and Dingbats.

(1) How to Use the “Insert” Function:

In Microsoft Word (and Publisher/FrontPage), there’s an easy way to insert symbols for copyright, trademark, cents and French, German and Spanish accents. You never again have to use e’, when what you really want is é.

On the top of the screen of your open Word 2003 document, you’ll see the headings: File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, etc. Click on “Insert” and on the drop-down list, click on “Symbol.” A symbol box will pop up. Click on the symbol you want to insert into your text, then click on the insert button and close the box.

In Word 2007, click on the Insert tab, then click on the symbol icon (at the far right). A little box pops up which shows a few symbols and the words “More Symbols.” If you click on “more symbols,” a bigger box pops up with all kinds of symbols, depending on what font you’re working in.

(2) How to Use the “Character Map” in Windows:

Another method is to use the “Character Map” to copy and paste the required symbols. In Windows (XP), you’ll find the Character Map by clicking on the Windows Start Menu, then All Programs, then Accessories, System Tools and Character Map. The Character Map box pops up.

Choose the font you wish to use from the drop-down menu at the top. Place your curser where you’d like to insert the symbol, click on the symbol you wish to insert, click on the Select Button, then the Copy Button and then paste the symbol onto your page (using Edit, Paste or the “Control v” shortcut). You’ll also see the Alt Key shortcut at the bottom of the Character Map, for future reference.

(3) How to Make Keyboard Symbols with the “Alt” Key and Numeric Keypad:

Another way is to use the “Alt” key and numbers – making sure to use your numeric keypad, not the numbers on the top of the keyboard. NumLock needs to be ON.

Using the numeric keypad, hold down the Alt key, and hit the numbers (in succession) shown below for the symbol you want to use. For example for © Copyright, hold down Alt, press the number 0, then press the numbers 1, 6, 9. Then you can let up the Alt key.

***LAPTOP USERS: If you don’t have a numeric keypad, you’ll need to use either the insert function or Character Map method.

FaceBook Chat Emoticons
Emoticons Shortcut Key Description
42 red facebook chat emoticon :42: 42 Red Number FaceBook Chat Emoticon NEW!!
facebook chat emoticon angel O:) O:-) Angel FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon confused o.O O.o Confused FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon cry :'( Cry FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon curly lips :3 Curly Lips Facebook Emoticon / cute / cat-like
facebook chat emoticon devil 3:) 3:-) Devil / Satan / Vampire FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon frown :-( :( :[ =( Frown / Sad FaceBook Chat Emoticon
Facebook Chat Emoticon Gasp :-O :O :-o :o Gasp / Surprise FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon glasses 8-) 8) B-) B) Glasses / Blue Glasses FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon grin :-D :D =D Grin Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon grumpy >:( >:-( Grumpy FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon heart <3 Heart / Love FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon kiki ^_^ Kiki FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon kiss :-* :* Kiss Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon pacman :v Pacman Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon penguin <(") Penguin Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon chris putnam :putnam: Putnam (Chris Putnam) Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon robot :| ] Robot Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon shark (^^^) Shark FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon smile :-) :) :] =) Smile Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon squint -_- Squint FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon sun glasses 8-| 8| B-| B| Sun Glasses / Black Glasses FaceBook Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon tongue :-P :P :-p :p =P Tongue FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon unsure :/ :-/ : :- Unsure Facebook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon upset >:O >:-O >:o >:-o Upset FaceBook Chat Emoticon
facebook chat emoticon wink ;-) ;) Wink FaceBook Chat Emoticon

facebook emoticons smileys

Instant Messenger without Emoticons is like Racket without Shuttlecock. Facebook chat (one of the most popular social networking), we knew, he add some of library of cute emoticons to make our chat in Facebook more “emotion”.

To create facebook emoticon (sometimes we can called as facebook faces emotion) you need to know the shortcut key of each of emoticon (all The Emoticons in FaceBook Chat been Hidden / Secret that why its called Secret Hidden FaceBook Chat Emoticons. Just located the symbol (shortcut key) to your text field IM window in Facebook chat and then press enter. Just like Emoticons in Yahoo Messenger and also Emoticons in Skype.

You can also use these FaceBook Chat Emoticons in your Blog / Website such as Blogger aka Blogspot, WordPress, Live Journal, Multiply, Blogsome and many more. Read our Tutorial here: Use / Add Insert FaceBook Chat Emoticon in Blog / Website (Blogger, WordPress, Live Journal) – Quick Tutorial

Facebook Chat Emoticons JS (Java Script) Source

We experiment a little examination using Firebug to figure out the source code of Java Script of Facebook Chat Emoticon. And finally here are the result:

According to the name of Facebook Chat Emoticons above, we got miss-named about curly lips. In those JS code said that it collonthree not curly lips.

FaceBook Chat Emoticons FireFox Add Ons: FB Chat Set Emoticons

We found the fastest way to use FaceBook Chat Emoticons that you don’t need to remember each of Shortcut Key symbols of FaceBook Chat Emoticons. By using FaceBook ChatBar FireFox AddOns you can add FB Emoticons without need to type manually its shortcut key. Just click the emoticons that you want and then it’s will automatically appears in your FaceBook Chat.

Remember you need FireFox Browser and also FaceBook Chat Bar FireFox Add Ons.

Another character that can be used in Both FaceBook Status Message and Chat / Messenger

FaceBook Chat Symbols Art
Art Symbol Description Art Symbol Description
ƸӜƷ Butterfly Peace Sign
(●̮̮̃•̃) Panda Face ♩♪♫♬ Music Note
Cross Sign Phone
Yin Yang Crown
Empty Star Full Star
Heart Diamond
Black Heart Cloud
Sun Umbrella
Female Male
♐☎☏☪☚☛☻☺☹ Others 1 ♼♽♻♺♹♨♧♥♤♣ Others 2
♲♳♴♵♶☃☝☞☟♎♰ Others 3 ಠ_ಠ ಥ_ಥ ☺ђέ«{^⌣^}»ђέ☺ ツ ッ Mimic
๏̯͡๏ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶ Faces 1 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(×̯×)۶ Faces 2
“”̿ ̿ ̿ ̿ ̿’̿’̵͇̿̿з=(•̪●)=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ ̿”” Cowboy with two guns (•̪●)=ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿ ̿”” Boy with a Gun
╔═══╗ ♪
║███║ ♫
║ (●) ♫ ♪
╚═══╝♪♪
Sound System Music ☻/
/▌
/\
Charlie
┌─┐ ─┐☮
│▒│ /▒/
│▒│/▒/
│▒ /▒/─┬─┐
│▒│▒|▒│▒│
┌┴─┴─┐-┘─┘
│▒┌──┘▒▒▒│
└┐▒▒▒▒▒▒“”
Peace Sign Hand ♥ (●̮̮̃•̃)●̮̮̮̮̃̃•̃̃)
♥ /█\ /█\
♥ ||_ ||_♥
Two Lover

Just copy paste the code of Facebook Chat Art Symbols above to your facebook status message or facebook chat window. If you want more about this character, you can just open from your window Character Map: Start Program >> All Program >> Accessories >> System Tools >> Character Map. Usually Webdings, Wingdings, Wingdings3 or Wingdings2 are the unique character that you want. We can called it as ASCII Art because the combination symbols above is an ASCII that sized to create an Art. For ASCII Art that allow you to send via Instant Message of Yahoo Messenger or MySpace IM you can use Art Sender.

If you want to know all the character via web online, you can visit here: Free Online Character Map

FaceBook Status Symbol Application

If you got the error for Superman, Charlie, Sound System, you need to copy paste each line of the character and the Hold SHIFT Button and Press ENTER (that would make space line break) and then copy paste the line character below of its.

╔══╦═╣═╣═╬═╦═╦═╦═╦═╦═╦═╗
║║║║╩╬═╠═║╩╣║║╬║╩╣╔╣║║║║
╚╩╩╩═╩═╩═╩═╩╩╩╗╠═╩╝╚═╩═╝

This trick works well in comment or wall but not in home status message. If you want to make it able to Status Message use FaceBook Status Symbol Application

The image above is the result from the FaceBook Status Symbol Application, you can also add it manually by copy paste the Symbol from FaceBook Status Symbols Application Editor to your FaceBook Status. Here are the example:

Note: the Symbols Status Art like above only work in your Wall Profile and Comment (not home feed or home status).

Creating Symbols Art Block Text / Word for FaceBook Status / FaceBook Chat

Creating Art Block Text Word like above, you can use Feed >> Symbols >> Choose Lines & Geometric and it take few times to create those Art coz its created manually! For Example, if you like to create LOVES text word, then here are the steps that you should do:

╔╗╔═╦╦╦═╣═╣ ◀ Create First Line then,
║╚╣║║║║╩╬═║ ◀ Second Line then,
╚═╩═╩═╩═╩═╝ ◀ Third Line

Done!!

Text Art in Your FaceBook Profile

Btw, you can also use this text art into your facebook profile!

Here another text art chained / combined with music symbol:

╔♫═╗╔╗ ♥
╚╗╔╝║║♫═╦╦╦═╗
╔╝╚╗♫╚╣║║║║╩╣
╚═♫╝╚═╩═╩♫╩═╝

You can also make upside down text (further explanation about upsidedown text can be found at the bottom of this article) by click Turn Button and Styled your Text by Clicking Styles.
Superman Text:

╔═╗
║═╬╦╦═╦═╦═╦══╦═╦═╗
╠═║║║╬║╩╣╔╣║║║╬║║║
╚═╩═╣╔╩═╩╝╚╩╩╩╩╩╩╝

Simple Art (Animal):
rabbit
(\__/)
(>’.’<)
(“)_(“)

monkey

——m——-m——
……| |(o o)| |
……| | (~) | |

Underline and Bold Text Tricks Code

You can also make your text message bold by using * (star) :


for exampe *wow that great* would trun to wow that great

To make the text message underline just use _ (underline) in front of and at the end of the text:

facebook chat message underline text
example _wow that great_ would turn to wow that great

If you want to combine underline and bold at the same time just use like this: *_wow that great_*

Facebook Chat Tricks: Make Facebook Chat Invisible Status

You want to set your Facebook Account Invisible to someone and the others appears visible or Online? You can read our tutorial how to Make Facebook Chat Invisible Status

Upside down text in FaceBook Status

If you want text message in facebook got upside down / flipped like this “ooɹǝƃuǝssǝɯ snʇɐʇs ʞooqǝɔɐɟ uı ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn” (see also the picture below).


If you looking for how to create upside down text message or flip text in FaceBook Status just like the example that we gave you above, you can find the tutorial at here: Make Upside Down / Flip Text Status Message in FaceBook

Thanks to animal for this tricks.

Make Konami Code Animation on FaceBook

Did you know that by using some kind of key combination on FaceBook page, you can make beautiful animation (star and circle)? Yes, it use Konami Codejust like you use it in Nintendo or others Game. See the pic below.

If you want to know how to use it or make those code visit our page: FaceBook Tricks: Animation Star n Circle Konami Code in FB Background

Chit Chat: Facebook Chat Instant Messenger Client for Desktop Computer

Would you like to chat with your facebook friend / contact from separate client directly from your computer? chit Chat would be best for you. It allow you to enter Facebook chatjust like you use Yahoo Messenger Client or others IM Client. For more information about this read this article.

FaceBook Messenger – Multi IM Client for YM, AIM, ICQ, WLM, Gtalk inside FaceBook Account

facebook messenger

Would you like to use Yahoo Messenger, Aol Instant Messenger aka AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, or GTalk from your FaceBook Page / Fb Account (directly just like you use FaceBook Chat)? Just try to use FaceBook Messenger.