Arrows or other symbols

[Lyncroft]

I found that I can place a symbol (an arrow for example) in a label by changing the properties font to wingdings and putting in the appropriate letter in the caption space. An e with an accent will give an up arrow.

My question is how can I find out which keyboard character tallies up with a symbol in wingdings?

 

[FoFa]

1 - search the web
2 - get a font viewer and take note of the character codes
3 - In a document type A-A a-a B-B b-b etc. and change the second the one to Wingding font.
4 - Get a hex editor and review the actual font file in hex to see what the codes are.
5 - Randomly hit a keyboard character until you get what you want.
6 - Use a sledge hammer on the keyboard, then 1 - 5 are moot.

 

[Lyncroft]

Blimey you can say that again!! Thanks