Create Shortcuts on the keyboard for any special character (symbol) in Windows

Although there are quite a lot of users Windows who know how to access "Map" of special characters (for example ₤, ☺, ♫, ♣, ©, ® or €), I have a vague suspicion that most still have no idea that there is a "map" for this (quotation marks appear because it is improper map, but no table seems to fit ...).

The simplest way to access Special Character Map in Windows (or The map of symbols) is typing Character Map in Searchthe from Start Menu (its location is in Windows/System32/charmap.exe).

Some of the special characters in this tribute map already created shortcut-uri On the keyboard, but these are difficult to remember. For example, the shortcut for ½  is the combination of keys Alt+0189, and how often this character is used, I doubt that there are many who retain this combination (in addition, these key combinations work only using the figures on the right of the keyboard - at least in our case – Keys that in most laptops are combined with some letters, and sometimes we come "over our hand" and activate their figures in the detrimer of letters). It would certainly be much easier if we could create our shortcuts (chosen by each one as simply) for each special character that we used to use from time to time or probably quite often.

How can we create shortcuts on the keyboard for special characters

It could be quite difficult if we try to do everything manually, but with the help Autohotkey (freeware) The problem was very fast.

How does Autohotkey work work?

1. Immediately after installation, run the application and create records default Autohotkey.ahk (click pe Yes). Once the application runs, click-right on this in SYSTRAY and select from the menu Edit this script.

2. You can edit the existing lines or you can add to these other order lines (you can also leave the comments in the example script or you can delete them).

To create a shortcut on the keyboard for a special character you need to add the next lines in the script

!hotkey:: 
{ 
SendInput {simbol} 
} 
return

where ! is the substitute for Alt and hotkey It is the letter you want to use in combination with another to open the special character, and symbol It will be replaced with the special character you want to open with the created shortcut (that character you will look for in the special character map, then give Select->Copy And give Paste in the script). If you wish that instead of Alt use the key Ctrl In combination with another Pantru key to open a special, replaced character in the script ! cu ^, where ^ It is a substitute for Ctrl (Obviously, you will be able to use combinations Ctrl+Alt+hotkey To create shortcuts for example ^!o::).

3. For the shortcuts created with the help of the new script to work, you will need to then close to run AutoHotkey again.

Download AutoHotkey.

Note: To remember that the created shortcuts work only when the Autohotkey application runs. Compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7.