Press the "Num Lock" key to activate the numeric keypad on your keyboard. You cannot type ASCII symbols from the regular line of numbers at the top of the keyboard.

How to Make a Heart Symbol Without a Number Keypad. Many smaller keyboards, such as those found on laptops or of the wireless variety, do not have number keypads.

How to make the copyright symbol on a Windows PC If your Windows computer has a keyboard with a numeric keypad, you can insert the copyright symbol in any kind of document using a so-called Alt code.

This article will show you how to input different special characters, accents and symbols using 5 simple and easy methods in Windows 11/10.

(⌐ _ ) or the classic (╯° °）╯︵ ┻━┻ These fancier emoticons are a pain to type out (especially for those of us without Japanese keyboards) so built-in support is a blessing.

Learn how to type Hyphen(-), En dash (–), and Em dash or long dash (—) in Word in Windows 11/10 using keyboard shortcuts, Alt Codes, and other methods.

There are many ways to access the em dash punctuation in the Windows operating system. Check out several methods and find the one that works best for you.

You can add a degree symbol in Word using the keyboard shortcut Alt+0176 or by selecting it among the Symbol options.

Before T9 arrived you could still type out words using a numeric keypad, but it was a letter-by-letter process that often required you to hit a single number button several times to get the ...

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to control the mouse using nothing more than the keyboard's numeric keypad on Windows 10.

Mac 911 How to use macOS’s Character Viewer to type emoji and other symbols Characters hard to access from the keyboard can easily be retrieved from the Favorites section of the Character Viewer.