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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Download a graphical interface
The robot plays chess against the user:The future is here!!
Team FJS: Chess
The robot plays chess against the user. It moves the pieces on the chess board with a magnet. The user gives spoken commands about the move he wants to take, and the robot moves the user's piece, and performs its own move as indicated by an external chess program.
http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/courses/lego-02/page.php?id=projectsCollection of free chess software
No commercial program here; I hate them, lol
CDB - CDB doesn't limit databases to a size of 8000 games like Chessbase Light. It also converts CBF files used by Chessbase to PGN format. You can add games to the database by importing PGN, text, NIC, ChessBase, or Chess Assistant files, or you can add games from the user interface.
ChessPad - With ChessPad, you can create, edit, and view PGN databases. You can also plug in a winboard-compatible chess engine to play against, or analyze games.
Jose - Jose Chess Database is a graphical chess tool with an attractive interface that you can use to store chess games in a database. You can plug in a chess engine and play against it or use it for analysis. You can also view games and edit variations and comments.
Scid - With the Scid database, you can maintain a database of chess games, search games by many criteria, view graphical trends, and produce printable reports on players and openings. You can also analyze games with any WinBoard-compatible chess engine, and even use Scid to study endings with endgame tablebases.
BabasChess - BabasChess is an amazing Internet Chess Client for Windows. It combines ease of use with powerful features for advanced users, and integrates a fast and customizable playing environment with a powerful PGN viewer/editor. It also supports chess engines so that you can analyze positions and games or play against the computer.
Winboard/XBoard - XBoard and WinBoard are graphical user interfaces for chess. You can use Winboard/Xboard as a front-end for chess engines such as Crafty, GNU Chess, or Comet. You can also use it to connect to chess servers, like FICS, and play against people from all over the world, observe games, or just chat. Winboard/Xboard also serves as a viewer and creator for game files recorded in pgn format.
Arena - Arena is a popular Graphical User Interface for chess programs (engines) by Martin Blume. It runs on Win95, NT4 or higher Microsoft OS versions and is compatible to Winboard protocol I, II, UCI protocol I, II, Chess960, DGT electronic chess board & DGT clock XP, Autoplayer, FICS (Free Internet Chess Server) and much more.
Nagaskaki - NagaSkaki is a free, fully functional chess program. It features different personalities with ratings ranging from 2300 to 1472. The program shows the best possible move and evaluates the current position. An opening book is included, and it also has the ability to load and save pgn files. The software runs on Windows 98, NT, and XP.
ChessBase Light - ChessBase Light is a version of ChessBase 6.0 that is free to download. You can save, copy, convert, annotate, print, search, analyse, merge and classify games. It supports CBH and PGN format, but there is an 8000 game limit for each database.
More details about some version of those freeware programs
Fritz 5.32
http://www.top-5000.nl/dl.htm?file=dl/fritz532.zip
The program comes with the old, but strong, fritz 5.32 engine, and fritz 6 can be used from Chessbase light. There are also a few other free Chessbase engines for download. Aside from playing against fritz, you can use program to analyze your games, study opening statistics, and organize engine matches. One of its most useful abilities is to create and search large databases in either pgn or cbv format. You'll need an opening book such as the hand-tuned RybkaII.ctg.You could download a large database from Norm Pollock's site, or view the latest games from The Week in Chess.
n.b. to install in Windows 7, right-click on 532Setup.exe, choose Properties, select the Compatibility tab, and Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows 98 / Windows Me.
F11 (main window) to view the opening book.
F2 (while playing) for the coach's suggestion.
T (database window) for the tournament table.
O (database window) for a game overview.
Ctrl Y to have Fritz analyze and comment a game.
The only shortcoming of this program is that it doesn't handle UCI engines. Not bad for free!
A good place to start exploring, once you've opened your database, is the Tournament Finder. This is an extremely powerful piece of kit, and better than the equivalent in Chessbase or Chess Assistant! You can filter the tournaments by Player (e.g. Topalov), Date (e.g. 2006), Average ELO rating (e.g. 2600), Country (e.g. ENG), Site (e.g. Linares), and Event, giving you an almost instantaneous overview of any information you could desire.
Right-click on a tournament to display the tournament Crosstable. There, click on a result to load or browse a game. Click on a player's name to display Player Information, from which you can display a Rating Graph or create a Player Report. Another way to reach Player Information is via the Player Finder.
Open the Tree Window for database statistics on the board position, with button access to the Best Tree Games List and a graphical representation in the Tree Graph. The Statistics Window gives a breakdown by rating and year. Or navigate using the ECO Browser and then create an Opening Report.
And that's just for starters! There's also a Piece Tracker, a Repertoire Editor; Endgame Tablebase, Opening Book and Correspondence Chess windows; play on the internet or against an engine; and three training modes. Not to mention comprehensive database maintenance tools. There's probably other stuff, too!
Perhaps the best large free quality database is Million Base 1.74, which comprises the formerly commercial Rebel database brought up to date with The Week in Chess. For a more selective database (of about 575,000 games), Norm Pollock's PGNs are a good choice. For recent games, as well as TWIC, ChessOK provide a free weekly database for download. Another place to look for databases is on Lars Balzer's Chess Games Links.
Timeseal, which allows the clocks to be adjusted for lag when playing on FICS, can be downloaded here.
You can give the developers suggestions and report bugs on the scid users forum.
Use Chess Assistant to play a game against one of the top UCI engines, to blundercheck one of the latest grandmaster games, or to manage a large database. There are some extra boards and piece sets from Chessassistance.com, as well as an opening encylopedia which can be best viewed as an ECO table. Other useful files, such as fonts, can be downloaded from here.
To install a UCI engine go to Engines/Engines setup.../Add... Choose Universal Chess Interface from the Type drop-down list. Press the button to the right of the Path box to browse to UCI engine .exe file.
Space or Ctrl-Space (game window) to start the analysis engines. Ctrl-Space gives many different ways to configure your engine output. Click in the Engine analysis to view the position on the board.
Shift F5 (game list window) split mode.
Engines/Engines setup.../Hint with arrows is useful for showing the current engine analysis graphically on the board.
Engines/Engines setup.../Personalities to edit the engine's built-in configurable parameters.
Open large databases (including chessbase files) from windows explorer by right-clicking on the file and using Open With CALight. This bypasses the 15,000 game limitation.
Use Base/Convert bases... to covert your large databases to Chess Assistant for Windows (.cdp) format. This will speed up searches considerably.
To Show List of Tournaments and Show Tournament Table you need to convert the base into .cdp format.
For player, tournament and ECO statistics, right-click in the games list and go to Statistics. This can be used as a player or tournament index for the database.
To merge games so that they can be viewed as an ECO table, create a new game, and, in the panel with opened databases, drag the dataset of games you want to merge into the new game.
There are quite a few limitations when compared with the commercial product, but despite that, it is perfectly usable (especially with the large database workaround above). It doesn't have the database features of chessbase light, but the ability to use strong free UCI engines and to save games makes up for this. The internet console is of no use to non-members of the Internet Chess Club.
You can use this program for browsing and searching databases, small and large alike. The tournament tab gives quick access to a list of tournaments in the database: double click on a tournament for a tournament table. The player tab shows a player's tournament and game history: right-click on a name for player statistics or to create a dossier. You can also enter the database via one of the classification keys: openings, themes, tactics, strategy and endgames. If you set a large database as a reference database, you can view position statistics from it in the reference pane when you replay a game, or right-click on the board for an opening report or to provide a quick opening annotation. Games can be merged and viewed as an ECO table or as a tree: use the best book line pane to show frequent variations from the tree. Other functions include game statistics, piece probability, game overview and exporting to html. The Playchess server is a good place to play chess on the internet, and the best for watching live chess from top grandmaster tournaments.
Update: Chessbase light 2009 updates the 2007 version with a few new features from Chessbase 10: frequently played lines in the reference tab; show next move in the book pane; and the ability to search a subset of better quality games. Perhaps the most impressive addition is the ability to search and download games from the online database of 5 million games!
Use Fritz 5.32 to create databases, and save and copy games to databases!
If you want to view games beyond the first 32,000 in your database, e.g. from the tournament or player index, or from one of the classification keys, simply use the Clip button (or press F5) to copy the selected games to the clip database, and view them from there! Shift F5 opens the clip database, and Ctrl-Alt-V empties it.
To get search results beyond the first 32,000 games, create a new search in one of the classifcation keys (right-click, Edit/Insert new Key...) that will find all games, such as Year: 1500-2100. After classifying the key (Tools/Classification/Classify all Keys...), click on the new key you just created so that the games are displayed in the games pane, and search using the Filter button at the bottom of the screen.
You can use Shredder 6 as an alternative analysis engine.
When observing games on Playchess, set Help/Spy... to show with an arrow on the board a threatened move, and Help/Opening Hints... to show the best moves from the opening book.
The program is read-only, which means you can't create databases or save or copy games to databases. Some functions are limited to the first 32,000 games of the database, for which you can use the clip database as a workaround. UCI engines are not supported. Playchess Nicknames only last for 30 days, after which you will have tostart again or enter as a guest.
Traditionally, commands are entered as text in the text console, which is a very versatile and speedy way of doing things once you've learnt the language. Fortunately for those new to the server, you can access all the most useful commands and settings using the babaschess menus, by right-clicking, or through the info windows, such as the seek graph.
The interface is very highly configurable and windows, backgrounds, boards and pieces, move highlighting, sounds, console fonts etc etc etc can be tweaked and changed in countless combinations. There are also a few ready-made themes to try.
Babaschess supports UCI engines and its Analyze game, with its two score deltas for "?" and "??" annotations, is my favourite blundercheck from all chess software (although it would be nice if board sounds could be automatically turned off to stop it sounding like a machine-gun) !
Don't miss the additional graphic pack and the rating graph plugin downloads.
Visit http://www.freechess.org/ for more information about the Free Internet Chess Server and to register for an online username/handle!
Visit our online libray
ChessPad - With ChessPad, you can create, edit, and view PGN databases. You can also plug in a winboard-compatible chess engine to play against, or analyze games.
Jose - Jose Chess Database is a graphical chess tool with an attractive interface that you can use to store chess games in a database. You can plug in a chess engine and play against it or use it for analysis. You can also view games and edit variations and comments.
Scid - With the Scid database, you can maintain a database of chess games, search games by many criteria, view graphical trends, and produce printable reports on players and openings. You can also analyze games with any WinBoard-compatible chess engine, and even use Scid to study endings with endgame tablebases.
BabasChess - BabasChess is an amazing Internet Chess Client for Windows. It combines ease of use with powerful features for advanced users, and integrates a fast and customizable playing environment with a powerful PGN viewer/editor. It also supports chess engines so that you can analyze positions and games or play against the computer.
Winboard/XBoard - XBoard and WinBoard are graphical user interfaces for chess. You can use Winboard/Xboard as a front-end for chess engines such as Crafty, GNU Chess, or Comet. You can also use it to connect to chess servers, like FICS, and play against people from all over the world, observe games, or just chat. Winboard/Xboard also serves as a viewer and creator for game files recorded in pgn format.
Arena - Arena is a popular Graphical User Interface for chess programs (engines) by Martin Blume. It runs on Win95, NT4 or higher Microsoft OS versions and is compatible to Winboard protocol I, II, UCI protocol I, II, Chess960, DGT electronic chess board & DGT clock XP, Autoplayer, FICS (Free Internet Chess Server) and much more.
Nagaskaki - NagaSkaki is a free, fully functional chess program. It features different personalities with ratings ranging from 2300 to 1472. The program shows the best possible move and evaluates the current position. An opening book is included, and it also has the ability to load and save pgn files. The software runs on Windows 98, NT, and XP.
ChessBase Light - ChessBase Light is a version of ChessBase 6.0 that is free to download. You can save, copy, convert, annotate, print, search, analyse, merge and classify games. It supports CBH and PGN format, but there is an 8000 game limit for each database.
More details about some version of those freeware programs
Fritz 5.32
http://www.top-5000.nl/dl.htm?file=dl/fritz532.zip
The program comes with the old, but strong, fritz 5.32 engine, and fritz 6 can be used from Chessbase light. There are also a few other free Chessbase engines for download. Aside from playing against fritz, you can use program to analyze your games, study opening statistics, and organize engine matches. One of its most useful abilities is to create and search large databases in either pgn or cbv format. You'll need an opening book such as the hand-tuned RybkaII.ctg.You could download a large database from Norm Pollock's site, or view the latest games from The Week in Chess.
n.b. to install in Windows 7, right-click on 532Setup.exe, choose Properties, select the Compatibility tab, and Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows 98 / Windows Me.
Useful Short Cuts
F11 (main window) to view the opening book.
F2 (while playing) for the coach's suggestion.
T (database window) for the tournament table.
O (database window) for a game overview.
Ctrl Y to have Fritz analyze and comment a game.
Limitations
The only shortcoming of this program is that it doesn't handle UCI engines. Not bad for free!
SCID 4
As the most fully-featured non-commercial chess program, SCID is
an essential download for anyone with more than a passing interest in chess
software. It is primarily a very good and very fast database program,
with similar functionality to Chessbase, but it can also be used for play and
training. The original program hasn't been developed by Shane Hudson since 2004;
however, Pascal Georges continues development.
http://scid.sourceforge.net/
A good place to start exploring, once you've opened your database, is the Tournament Finder. This is an extremely powerful piece of kit, and better than the equivalent in Chessbase or Chess Assistant! You can filter the tournaments by Player (e.g. Topalov), Date (e.g. 2006), Average ELO rating (e.g. 2600), Country (e.g. ENG), Site (e.g. Linares), and Event, giving you an almost instantaneous overview of any information you could desire.
Right-click on a tournament to display the tournament Crosstable. There, click on a result to load or browse a game. Click on a player's name to display Player Information, from which you can display a Rating Graph or create a Player Report. Another way to reach Player Information is via the Player Finder.
Open the Tree Window for database statistics on the board position, with button access to the Best Tree Games List and a graphical representation in the Tree Graph. The Statistics Window gives a breakdown by rating and year. Or navigate using the ECO Browser and then create an Opening Report.
And that's just for starters! There's also a Piece Tracker, a Repertoire Editor; Endgame Tablebase, Opening Book and Correspondence Chess windows; play on the internet or against an engine; and three training modes. Not to mention comprehensive database maintenance tools. There's probably other stuff, too!
Databases
Perhaps the best large free quality database is Million Base 1.74, which comprises the formerly commercial Rebel database brought up to date with The Week in Chess. For a more selective database (of about 575,000 games), Norm Pollock's PGNs are a good choice. For recent games, as well as TWIC, ChessOK provide a free weekly database for download. Another place to look for databases is on Lars Balzer's Chess Games Links.
Hints and Tips
Timeseal, which allows the clocks to be adjusted for lag when playing on FICS, can be downloaded here.
Feedback
You can give the developers suggestions and report bugs on the scid users forum.
Chess Assistant 7 Light
This is one of the best downloads for the more advanced user in
that it combines database software with an excellent engine interface, so that
you can use one of the many free UCI engines for analysis or playing against. It
has a good game display and analysis navigation, and perhaps the best database
searches.
http://chessok.com/demo/ca/setup_calight7.exe
Use Chess Assistant to play a game against one of the top UCI engines, to blundercheck one of the latest grandmaster games, or to manage a large database. There are some extra boards and piece sets from Chessassistance.com, as well as an opening encylopedia which can be best viewed as an ECO table. Other useful files, such as fonts, can be downloaded from here.
Useful hints
To install a UCI engine go to Engines/Engines setup.../Add... Choose Universal Chess Interface from the Type drop-down list. Press the button to the right of the Path box to browse to UCI engine .exe file.
Space or Ctrl-Space (game window) to start the analysis engines. Ctrl-Space gives many different ways to configure your engine output. Click in the Engine analysis to view the position on the board.
Shift F5 (game list window) split mode.
Engines/Engines setup.../Hint with arrows is useful for showing the current engine analysis graphically on the board.
Engines/Engines setup.../Personalities to edit the engine's built-in configurable parameters.
Open large databases (including chessbase files) from windows explorer by right-clicking on the file and using Open With CALight. This bypasses the 15,000 game limitation.
Use Base/Convert bases... to covert your large databases to Chess Assistant for Windows (.cdp) format. This will speed up searches considerably.
To Show List of Tournaments and Show Tournament Table you need to convert the base into .cdp format.
For player, tournament and ECO statistics, right-click in the games list and go to Statistics. This can be used as a player or tournament index for the database.
To merge games so that they can be viewed as an ECO table, create a new game, and, in the panel with opened databases, drag the dataset of games you want to merge into the new game.
Limitations
There are quite a few limitations when compared with the commercial product, but despite that, it is perfectly usable (especially with the large database workaround above). It doesn't have the database features of chessbase light, but the ability to use strong free UCI engines and to save games makes up for this. The internet console is of no use to non-members of the Internet Chess Club.
Chessbase Light 2009
The new version of Chessbase Light may have been a long time
coming, but it was certainly worth waiting for! Essentially a read-only version
of Chessbase 10, with some functions limited to 32,000 games, it is state of the
art software for browsing chess databases, creating statistics, and replaying
games. If that weren't enough, it also comes with the latest Playchess server
interface and a top quality database of 12,000 games. An excellent companion for
Fritz 5.32!
http://www.chessbase.com/download/index.asp
You can use this program for browsing and searching databases, small and large alike. The tournament tab gives quick access to a list of tournaments in the database: double click on a tournament for a tournament table. The player tab shows a player's tournament and game history: right-click on a name for player statistics or to create a dossier. You can also enter the database via one of the classification keys: openings, themes, tactics, strategy and endgames. If you set a large database as a reference database, you can view position statistics from it in the reference pane when you replay a game, or right-click on the board for an opening report or to provide a quick opening annotation. Games can be merged and viewed as an ECO table or as a tree: use the best book line pane to show frequent variations from the tree. Other functions include game statistics, piece probability, game overview and exporting to html. The Playchess server is a good place to play chess on the internet, and the best for watching live chess from top grandmaster tournaments.
Update: Chessbase light 2009 updates the 2007 version with a few new features from Chessbase 10: frequently played lines in the reference tab; show next move in the book pane; and the ability to search a subset of better quality games. Perhaps the most impressive addition is the ability to search and download games from the online database of 5 million games!
Hints and Tips
Use Fritz 5.32 to create databases, and save and copy games to databases!
If you want to view games beyond the first 32,000 in your database, e.g. from the tournament or player index, or from one of the classification keys, simply use the Clip button (or press F5) to copy the selected games to the clip database, and view them from there! Shift F5 opens the clip database, and Ctrl-Alt-V empties it.
To get search results beyond the first 32,000 games, create a new search in one of the classifcation keys (right-click, Edit/Insert new Key...) that will find all games, such as Year: 1500-2100. After classifying the key (Tools/Classification/Classify all Keys...), click on the new key you just created so that the games are displayed in the games pane, and search using the Filter button at the bottom of the screen.
You can use Shredder 6 as an alternative analysis engine.
When observing games on Playchess, set Help/Spy... to show with an arrow on the board a threatened move, and Help/Opening Hints... to show the best moves from the opening book.
Limitations
The program is read-only, which means you can't create databases or save or copy games to databases. Some functions are limited to the first 32,000 games of the database, for which you can use the clip database as a workaround. UCI engines are not supported. Playchess Nicknames only last for 30 days, after which you will have tostart again or enter as a guest.
Babaschess 4.0
The Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) is one of the oldest chess
servers on the internet, and is a very pleasant place to play and socialise.
Babaschess is without doubt the best interface to use on it, and sets a
benchmark for high quality software regardless of cost. Of course, the nicest
thing is, it's free!
http://www.babaschess.net/
Traditionally, commands are entered as text in the text console, which is a very versatile and speedy way of doing things once you've learnt the language. Fortunately for those new to the server, you can access all the most useful commands and settings using the babaschess menus, by right-clicking, or through the info windows, such as the seek graph.
The interface is very highly configurable and windows, backgrounds, boards and pieces, move highlighting, sounds, console fonts etc etc etc can be tweaked and changed in countless combinations. There are also a few ready-made themes to try.
Babaschess supports UCI engines and its Analyze game, with its two score deltas for "?" and "??" annotations, is my favourite blundercheck from all chess software (although it would be nice if board sounds could be automatically turned off to stop it sounding like a machine-gun) !
Don't miss the additional graphic pack and the rating graph plugin downloads.
Visit http://www.freechess.org/ for more information about the Free Internet Chess Server and to register for an online username/handle!
Visit our online libray
Typing Diacritics And Special Characters
Microsoft Keyboards - Standard English (US101)
Typing Diacritics And Special Characters
Other Keyboards:
Macintosh Keyboard
Microsoft English US-International Keyboard
Microsoft International Keyboard Layouts:
ARABIC | FRENCH | GERMAN | RUSSIAN | SPANISH
Microsoft Keyboards - Common Shortcut Keys
Create any Character using Unicode values
A printable PDF version of this page is available here
Microsoft Standard English (United States 101) KeyboardTyping International & Special Characters using theNOTE* Not all characters are available in all font faces or in all browsers - the following table is based on the Times-New Roman or Arial font face and Internet Explorer v5.5. Consult the Microsoft Character Map to see what special characters are available for different fonts on your system. These special characters also work with the Microsoft English US-International keyboard. | ||||||
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| Alt 0128 | € | Euro currency symbol | Alt 0195 | Ã | A tilde | |
| Alt 0131 | ƒ | Florin, Guilder or Gulden | Alt 0196 Alt 142 | Ä | A umlaut | |
| Alt 0132 | „ | Base line double quote | Alt 0197 Alt 143 | Å | A ring | |
| Alt 0133 | … | Ellipsis | Alt 0198 Alt 146 | Æ | AE ligature | |
| Alt 0134 | † | Dagger | Alt 0199 Alt 128 | Ç | C cedilla | |
| Alt 0135 | ‡ | Double Dagger | Alt 0200 | È | E grave | |
| Alt 0136 | ˆ | Circumflex | Alt 0201 Alt 144 | É | E acute | |
| Alt 0137 | ‰ | Permille | Alt 0202 | Ê | E circumflex | |
| Alt 0138 | Š | S caron (hacek) | Alt 0203 | Ë | E umlaut | |
| Alt 0139 | ‹ | Left single guillemet | Alt 0204 | Ì | I grave | |
| Alt 0140 | Œ | OE ligature | Alt 0205 | Í | I acute | |
| Alt 0142 | Ž | Z caron (hacek) | Alt 0206 | Î | I circumflex | |
| Alt 0145 | ‘ | Left single quote | Alt 0207 | Ï | I umlaut | |
| Alt 0146 | ’ | Right single quote | Alt 0208 | Ð | Capital Eth | |
| Alt 0147 | “ | Left double quote | Alt 0209 Alt 165 | Ñ | N tilde | |
| Alt 0148 | ” | Right double quote | Alt 0210 | Ò | O grave | |
| Alt 0149 | • | Bullet | Alt 0211 | Ó | O acute | |
| Alt 0150 | – | En dash | Alt 0212 | Ô | O circumflex | |
| Alt 0151 | — | Em dash | Alt 0213 | Õ | O tilde | |
| Alt 0152 | ˜ | Tilde | Alt 0214 Alt 153 | Ö | O umlaut | |
| Alt 0153 | ™ | Trademark | Alt 0215 | × | Multiply sign | |
| Alt 0154 | š | s caron (hacek) | Alt 0216 | Ø | O slash | |
| Alt 0155 | › | Right single guillemet | Alt 0217 | Ù | U grave | |
| Alt 0156 | œ | oe ligature | Alt 0218 | Ú | U acute | |
| Alt 0158 | ž | z caron (hacek) LINK | Alt 0219 | Û | U circumflex | |
| Alt 0159 | Ÿ | Y umlaut | Alt 0220 Alt 154 | Ü | U umlaut | |
| Alt 0161 Alt 173 | ¡ | Inverted exclamation | Alt 0222 | Þ | Capital thorn | |
| Alt 0162Alt 155 | ¢ | Cent | Alt 0223 Alt 225 | ß | Esszet (sz ligature) (sharp "s") LINK | |
| Alt 0163 Alt 156 | £ | Pound sterling | Alt 0224 Alt 133 | à | a grave | |
| Alt 0164 | ¤ | Currency | Alt 0225 Alt 160 | á | a acute | |
| Alt 0165 Alt 157 | ¥ | Yen | Alt 0226 Alt 131 | â | a circumflex | |
| Alt 0166 | ¦ | Broken vertical bar | Alt 0227 | ã | a tilde | |
| Alt 0167 | § | Section sign | Alt 0228 Alt 132 | ä | a umlaut | |
| Alt 0168 | ¨ | Umlaut (dieresis) | Alt 0229 Alt 134 | å | a ring | |
| Alt 0169 | © | Copyright | Alt 0230 Alt 145 | æ | ae ligature | |
| Alt 0170 Alt 166 | ª | Feminine ordinal | Alt 0231 Alt 135 | ç | c cedilla | |
| Alt 0171 Alt 174 | « | Left guillemet | Alt 0232 Alt 138 | è | e grave | |
| Alt 0172 Alt 170 | ¬ | Logical Not sign | Alt 0233 Alt 130 | é | e acute | |
| Alt 0173 | | Soft hyphen (html: ) | Alt 0234 Alt 136 | ê | e circumflex | |
| Alt 0174 | ® | Registered trademark | Alt 0235 Alt 137 | ë | e umlaut | |
| Alt 0175 | ¯ | Macron | Alt 0236 Alt 141 | ì | i grave | |
| Alt 0176 Alt 248 | ° | Degree sign | Alt 0237 Alt 161 | í | i acute | |
| Alt 0177 Alt 241 | ± | Plus or minus | Alt 0238 Alt 140 | î | i circumflex | |
| Alt 0178 Alt 253 | ² | Superscript 2 | Alt 0239 Alt 139 | ï | i umlaut | |
| Alt 0179 | ³ | Superscript 3 | Alt 0240 | ð | Small Eth | |
| Alt 0180 | ´ | Acute accent | Alt 0241 Alt 164 | ñ | n tilde | |
| Alt 0181 Alt 230 | µ | Mu or micro | Alt 0242 Alt 149 | ò | o grave | |
| Alt 0182 | ¶ | Paragraph (pilcrow) | Alt 0243 Alt 162 | ó | o acute | |
| Alt 0183 Alt 250 | · | Middle dot | Alt 0244 Alt 147 | ô | o circumflex | |
| Alt 0184 | ¸ | Cedilla mark | Alt 0245 | õ | o tilde | |
| Alt 0185 | ¹ | Superscript 1 | Alt 0246 Alt 148 | ö | o umlaut | |
| Alt 0186 Alt 167 | º | Masculine ordinal | Alt 0247 Alt 246 | ÷ | Division sign | |
| Alt 0187 Alt 175 | » | Right guillemet | Alt 0248 | ø | o slash | |
| Alt 0188 Alt 172 | ¼ | One quarter | Alt 0249 Alt 151 | ù | u grave | |
| Alt 0189 Alt 171 | ½ | One half | Alt 0250 Alt 163 | ú | u acute | |
| Alt 0190 | ¾ | Three quarters | Alt 0251 Alt 150 | û | u circumflex | |
| Alt 0191 Alt 168 | ¿ | Inverted question mark | Alt 0252 Alt 129 | ü | u umlaut | |
| Alt 0192 | À | A grave | Alt 0253 | ý | y acute | |
| Alt 0193 | Á | A acute | Alt 0254 | þ | Lower case thorn | |
| Alt 0194 | Â | A circumflex | Alt 0255 Alt 152 | ÿ | y umlaut | |
Inserting characters by using hexidecimal Unicode values
If you know the *Unicode (hexadecimal) value of any character, you can use the "ALT X" keyboard shortcut to enter the character directly in your document in some programs such as Microsoft Word. This is particularly useful for all special characters that are not included in the list above (such as the R-hacek Ř (0158 ALT X )). (You must press and HOLD DOWN the "ALT" key while pressing the X)
1. Type the 4-digit Unicode (hexadecimal) value of the character, including the leading zero if applicable. (Optionally, the value string can also begin with U+)
2. Press "ALT X" - this is the ALT key and the X key at the same time.
Microsoft Word, Wordpad and some other applications will replace the string to the left of the insertion point with the character you specified.
*(Unicode: A character encoding standard developed by the Unicode Consortium. By using more than one byte to represent each character, Unicode enables almost all of the written languages in the world to be represented by using a single character set.)
Unicode Character Table: Arabic
Many Other Unicode Character Tables Here
Microsoft Character Map
This is useful for the infrequent accent or symbol. It is located within Windows at Start - Programs - Accessories - Character Map (OR click Start, Run, and type Charmap). After choosing a font, double click the desired character(s), click on Copy, return to your document and paste.
Microsoft Character Map
This is useful for the infrequent accent or symbol. It is located within Windows at Start - Programs - Accessories - Character Map (OR click Start, Run, and type Charmap). After choosing a font, double click the desired character(s), click on Copy, return to your document and paste.
Install a printer on a home network
The most common way to install a printer on a home network is to install it as a stand-alone device on the network, and then add a connection to the printer on each computer that is on the network.
If you're not sure what type of network printer to install, decide if you want to:
- Use a wireless printer. These printers use a built-in wireless card and plug into a power source, not your network or computer. After you turn on the printer, you need to refer to the information that came with the printer to set up a wireless connection to each computer on a home network. Security options for wireless printing are determined by each printer manufacturer.
- Connect a printer directly to the network. To do this, you need to plug in the printer to your network hub or router. How to install these printers depends on whether the printer and your network device use an Ethernet, universal serial bus (USB), or another type of connection. You also need to refer to any installation information or tools provided by the printer manufacturer.
- Connect more than one printer directly to the network. To do this, your hub or router must be able to support more than one printer connection.
To connect to a network printer
After you have installed a network printer, you need to add a connection to the printer for each computer on the network.
- Open Printers by clicking the Start button
, clicking Control Panel, clicking Hardware and Sound, and then clicking Printers.
- On the toolbar, click Add a printer.
- In the Add Printer Wizard, select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer, and then follow the steps in the wizard.
Here’s what you’ll need to do in order to setup the printer on your network:
1. First, connect the printer to your network by connecting one end of a Cat 5 cable (which should have come with your printer) to your router:
2. Next you’ll need to get the IP address of your printer. The IP address is what will tell your computer where to find your printer on the network. All network printers allow you to print a configuration sheet which will list basic information about the printer along with the current network configuration.
For most printers, this involves pressing the Menu button on the printer, going to the Information option and choosing Print Configuration. You will be looking for the TCP/IP section:
3. The last step is to add the printer to your computer. Click on Start, then Printers and Faxes.
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Keyboard shortcuts for Windows
Windows system key combinations
- F1: Help
- CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
- ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
- ALT+F4: Quit program
- SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
- Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)
Windows program key combinations
- CTRL+C: Copy
- CTRL+X: Cut
- CTRL+V: Paste
- CTRL+Z: Undo
- CTRL+B: Bold
- CTRL+U: Underline
- CTRL+I: Italic
Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects
- SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
- SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
- ALT+double click: Displays properties
- SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
General keyboard-only commands
- F1: Starts Windows Help
- F10: Activates menu bar options
- SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
- CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
- CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
- CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
- ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
- ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
- SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
- ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
- ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
- CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
- ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
- ALT+F4: Closes the current window
- CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
- ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)
Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts
For a selected object:- F2: Rename object
- F3: Find all files
- CTRL+X: Cut
- CTRL+C: Copy
- CTRL+V: Paste
- SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
- ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object
To copy a file
Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.To create a shortcut
Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.General folder/shortcut control
- F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
- F5: Refreshes the current window.
- F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
- CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
- CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
- CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
- BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
- SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders
Windows Explorer tree control
- Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
- Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
- Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
- RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
- LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent
Properties control
- CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs
Accessibility shortcuts
- Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
- Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
- Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
- Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
- Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off
Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys
- Windows Logo: Start menu
- Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
- Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
- SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
- Windows Logo+F1: Help
- Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
- Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
- Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
- CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
- CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
- Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
- Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
- Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item
Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed
- Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
- Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
- Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
- Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
- Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
- Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
- Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
- Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
- Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off
Dialog box keyboard commands
- TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
- SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
- SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
- ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
- ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
- ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item
Properties
Article ID: 126449 - Last Review: September 23, 2011 - Revision: 5.0
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