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                    How do I get a special character without a number pad? - Super User
                    20 Oct 2010 ... I'd like to be able to use a keyboard shortcut to type special .... I've been 
 searching for weeks, and I finally figured out that I can enter the UNICODE (not 
 ascii) code for a symbol, ... 
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