Okay guys, a beer for whomever can help me with this one:

How can I program my Logitech keyboard keyboard to type a "degrees" symbol (from the character map instead of this useless "^" symbol (from the "6" key) which I never use?


Also, where can I find an "greater than or equal to" symbol
and an "less than or equal to" symbol???


Any answers from The Great Ones?

Thanks dudes.


PS Using Win XP.

≤ (less than equals) Unicode 8804 (2264 hex) and can be inserted in web documents using &_le; or &_#8804; (delete the underscore).

≥ (greater than equals) Unicode 8805 (2265 hex) and can be inserted in web documents using &_re; or &_#8805 (delete the underscore).

The HTML Document Character Set:-
http://www.natural-innovations.com/wa/doc-charset.html

Both of these characters can be copied and pasted in Windows from the character map accessory as can the degree ° sign Unicode 0176 (B0 hex). You can also “type” the degree sign by holding down Alt and (with numlock on) type 0176 on the keypad and then release Alt.

Since you have WinXP (also for Win2K or Win2k3) you can create your own customised keyboard layout. You will need to first install or have installed MS .NET framework 1.1 and then download Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fb7b3dcd-d4c1-4943-9c74-d8df57ef19d7&displaylang=en

Read the associated help files and then run the program and load the existing keyboard layout. Enable the shift key check box and click on the 6 key and then the All button. Edit the U+005E circumflex value to the U+00B0 degree sign value. Then save the project. Then build the dll and setup package from the project menu (don’t worry too much about any warnings about duplicates and so on). You then will need to go to where you saved this msi installer and install the new keyboard layout.

You can then go to Control Panel Regional Settings and add your custom keyboard to the installation and enable it to start the next time you reboot.

Sounds quite complicated but it’s not really. Post back if you get stuck.

holy snapping dog-shiites..... that looks complicated. Isn't there any simpler way????

I just re-read the top bit and found if I type (ALT) 8804/5 I can get those symbols you mentioned. The lessthanorequalto symbol is a bit big and ugly but it'll do.

I don't know if I can be arsed doing the whole Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) thing..... sounds dodgy

Thanks for the help so far though.... much obliged!