How do I write ASCII code on my HP G56-130SA notebook which has no numpad?

[andvalinminster]

I wish to know whether it is possible to write ASCII code on my laptop as it has no numpad.

Many thanks for your help.

[banhien]

Hi,

Please check this:

   http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1937-Typing-High-Ascii-Values-On-A-Standard-Keyboard.htm

Hope it helps.

[andvalinminster]

I regret to inform that webpage I was directed to makes no mention of laptops without a numpad. The method of using the numpad with Alt is well known but that is inapplicable to keyboards without numpads. I feel there should be a way to enter ASCII code in machines without numpad but at the moment that remains elusive to me! Thanks for trying anyway.

Further search partially satisfied the original question. One may use the onscreen keyboard and proceed with the ALT+numpad entries operation. The resulting character is printed on an open word document when the spacebar is hit. This method, however, does not work with wordpad. I remind that the machine is 64 bit windows 7 notebook.  

[Cloud_Strider · Accepted solution]

There is a way, but it is not as easy if a numpad was present.  At least, this was the closest match I could find.

Go to Start, search for character map, and open that result.

You should get a screen like this.

Scroll through the various characters, highlight a character you want, and press select.  In the Character to Copy text box, you can copy and paste the character from there to your desired program.

I know this is not ideal, but it is really all I could find.

Alternatively, you could use a USB NumPad like this one.

[andvalinminster]

Many thanks for suggested method. It works both in word and wordpad.

[Cloud_Strider]

You are most welcome.  I am glad that this workaround was acceptable for your needs. 

Thanks for letting the community know that it worked for you.  🙂

[JohnR1948]

Another way is to open a Word document and either:

1. Pull down the symbols from the Insert menu

2. Type in the characters using the control key with the correct function. For example, á is ctrl-', a.

and then copy to the software that you are using.

Both are a PITA and it would be nice if someone had a more direct method of doing this.

John

[andvalinminster]

Many thanks for trying John. Not an elegant method though as it involves a series of operations. I do share fully your last comment.

[Mrstenter]

Hi Andvalinminster,

 I understand you are looking for ASCII Codes on your HP G56-130SA Notebook.

Here is a third-party site for ASCII Codes. It shows you how to create them. I just copied and pasted them from this site.

http://chexed.com/ComputerTips/asciicodes.php

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Thanks

[JohnR1948]

No, this does not help.

It is not possible to use the keypad, because it does not exist. Nor is there a virtual keypad,such as using the FN-K key for '2'.

That is our challenge, "How do I write ASCII code on my HP G56-130SA notebook which has no numpad?"

John