Male/female symbols on the keyboard (1 Viewer)

felthad · Jun 10, 2006

Is there a way to write male or female on the keyboard, perhaps as one the hidden charictors and scientific symbols accessed with a hold down key combination?

Wickham · Jun 10, 2006

felthad said:
Is there a way to write male or female on the keyboard, perhaps as one the hidden charictors and scientific symbols accessed with a hold down key combination?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male - male symbol: (Unicode: U+2642)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female - female symbol: (Unicode: U+2640)
I tried them in Word: type 2640 then hold Alt button while pressing the += button and still holding Alt down press x, no spaces in between.

RecoveringScot · Jun 10, 2006

Wickham said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male - male symbol: (Unicode: U+2642)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female - female symbol: (Unicode: U+2640)

In Word ALT + 9792 and ALT + 9794. Hold the ALT key down when typing the numbers.

However this may not copy successfully to posts on this forum.

Cheers,

scampo · Jun 11, 2006

RecoveringScot said:
In Word ALT + 9792 and ALT + 9794. Hold the ALT key down when typing the numbers.

However this may not copy successfully to posts on this forum.

Cheers,

The "NumLock" needs to be on for this to work. It can be easier on a laptop (in MS Word, at least) to use "Insert Symbol" and choose from the two symbols available in the "normal text" selection.

RecoveringScot · Jun 11, 2006

scampo said:
The "NumLock" needs to be on for this to work. It can be easier on a laptop (in MS Word, at least) to use "Insert Symbol" and choose from the two symbols available in the "normal text" selection.

Thanks for pointing that out. I keep Number Lock on all the time since I prefer to use the right-hand number pad, so was unaware of that.

Cheers,

Wickham · Jun 11, 2006

scampo said:
It can be easier on a laptop (in MS Word, at least) to use "Insert Symbol" and choose from the two symbols available in the "normal text" selection.

My desktop Word normal text does not have these symbols. Maybe they are just too infrequently used to feature in the list. Neither does Arial font.

It looks as if the ALT key in some way or other has to be used.

(2640 and 2642 or 9792 and 9794 were the numbers, what are 2641 or 9793? The gay/lesbian symbols or android or that word for a person of both sexes that I can't remember?)

Adey Baker · Jun 11, 2006

scampo said:
The "NumLock" needs to be on for this to work. It can be easier on a laptop (in MS Word, at least) to use "Insert Symbol" and choose from the two symbols available in the "normal text" selection.

Then copy/paste ♂ Bingo!

scampo · Jun 11, 2006

Wickham said:
My desktop Word normal text does not have these symbols. Maybe they are just too infrequently used to feature in the list. Neither does Arial font.

It looks as if the ALT key in some way or other has to be used.

(2640 and 2642 or 9792 and 9794 were the numbers, what are 2641 or 9793? The gay/lesbian symbols or android or that word for a person of both sexes that I can't remember?)

That's odd - it's definitely in the (normal text) selection - I'm not sure how it can be on mine and not yours!

steve_nova · Jun 11, 2006

There is also a programe called Character Map on most? computers: Accessories>System Tools

You can select both from that too. Creat a shortcut to the desktop for ease of use.

Surreybirder · Jun 11, 2006

Alt + 2642 doesn't produce the male symbol for me. But I am using Word 97!
Ken

Surreybirder · Jun 11, 2006

steve_nova said:
There is also a programe called Character Map on most? computers: Accessories>System Tools

You can select both from that too. Creat a shortcut to the desktop for ease of use.

♂ Thanks, Steve, that's obviously the way for me.
Ken

Wickham · Jun 11, 2006

scampo said:
That's odd - it's definitely in the (normal text) selection - I'm not sure how it can be on mine and not yours!

I've got Word 2002 which may be out of date now.

David FG · Jun 11, 2006

Just a thought. By the time you've gone through these processes, isn't it easier simply to write 'male' or 'female'?

(Or, and this is even easier, 'm' and 'f'.)

Jos Stratford · Jun 11, 2006

David FG said:
Just a thought. By the time you've gone through these processes, isn't it easier simply to write 'male' or 'female'?

(Or, and this is even easier, 'm' and 'f'.)

Far too logical, let them play

)

felthad · Jun 12, 2006

The symbols are neat visually to use though, I'll try all the suggestions, cheers.

Mickymouse · Jun 12, 2006

I'm with David (f and m) because I can never remember which symbol is which.

Mick

pete woodall · Jun 20, 2006

Hi Mick,

The female symbol is like a hand-mirror, used by the fff's to adjust hair, put on make-up, etc., the male symbol is like, well, err, ... a phallus.

Wickham · Jun 20, 2006

No, No - the female symbol is like a frying pan fffs use to beat the living daylights out of rude spouses.

jeff · Jun 20, 2006

Why not add them to autocorrect in Word

(f) ♀
(m) ♂

Then when you type (m) or (f) it will change to the symbol automatically.

scampo · Jun 20, 2006

pete woodall said:
Hi Mick,

...the male symbol is like, well, err, ... a phallus.

Really? Poor fellow then - it could be treated, I suppose, but not on the NHS.

(-;

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