AnUnusualRelic ,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

Just take a picture of the Wikipedia page and use OCR. No need for that copy and pasting nonsense.

Ironfacebuster ,

tHats cool and all but How do I get tHe otHer letters uppercase too

ILikeBoobies ,

Modifier key

Use auto hotkey and set up so that super + {letter} gives you the uppercase letter

Ironfacebuster ,

I ThINK I MESSED IT UP

pedz ,

I work in IT and I have coworkers that use caps lock to capitalize single letters, like the beginning of a sentence. It hurts a bit every time I see it.

Buddahriffic ,

Reminds me of the bash.org quote that went something like:

User1 joins channel

User1: HELLO EVERYONE!

Mod: Try hitting the caps lock key

User1: OMG THANK YOU THAT'S SO MUCH EASIER!!!

kromem ,

Yes, but you need to be wary of pasting the formatting.

So when you do this, instead of pasting with Control+V you will want to paste without formatting using the Control+Shift+V command.

So remember - if you want that capital 'H' without issues, use your Shift key when pasting what you copy from Wikipedia.

eltrkbrd ,

It works in m$ office apps, but not across Windows; if I open gmail and paste formatted text from the clipboard it still retains the formatting rather then pasting as plain text. I just use notepad++ or notepad anyway. Who has time for M$ word/excel bloatware?

Another cool tip is Windows + V to bring up clipboard history (past 25 copy selected text or images to your clipboard). Also the Window + Shift + S for built in screenshot tool.

Cracks_InTheWalls ,
@Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works avatar

You kid, but as an Canadian Anglophone, this is what I do any time I have to send an email to someone with a French name with an accented character.

Yes, I know the special character menu is a thing, but I have shit to do.

Albbi ,

Try this instead if you have a number pad on your keyboard:

Hold alt and type 0233 and then release the alt key.

For my favourite, type : then hold alt and type 0254. 😛

Cracks_InTheWalls ,
@Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works avatar

I have not had a number pad on my keyboard for some time :( I remember this arcane magic

toynbee ,

I believe you can do this with the on-screen keyboard! If you're using Windows, I think that can be accessed with super+u (but I haven't used Windows in a long time so I apologize if I misremembered or if this is no longer accurate).

Cracks_InTheWalls ,
@Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works avatar

I'll give this a shot!

toothpaste_sandwich ,

Or better yet, start using the US-international keyboard layout. You press the accent you want (', `, ", ~, ...) and the letter you want it on, and boom. Writing normal versions of those symbols requires a space after writing them, but that's easy to get used to.

It's pretty much the default setting in the Netherlands.

bdonvr ,

For most letters RightAlt-[The letter] will do it for me.

Albbi ,

That sounds easier than remembering the arcane number associated with an accent.

dditty ,
@dditty@lemm.ee avatar

I do this to type ™®©• on my computer

Hobbes_Dent ,

Bookmarked.

Me too.

nailbar ,
@nailbar@sopuli.xyz avatar

Wikipedia is where I get my interrobangs.

lugal ,

‽‽‽

nailbar ,
@nailbar@sopuli.xyz avatar

I'll bookmark this reply so I can copy those later.

JackFrostNCola ,

° ² ₂ ø are my common ones

Artyom ,

Most modern OSs have special bindings for special characters. On a Mac it's like alt+ e e for é. I think it's just alt + e on Linux.

pedz ,

We (Canadians) actually have two layouts to type French characters. The modern Canadian multilingual layout, and the traditional "French (Canada)" layout. As an older French speaking Canadian, I prefer the traditional layout but both work. You can even type English words with these.

Cracks_InTheWalls ,
@Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works avatar
Stovetop ,

This but for em dashes

Nougat ,

Many applications will automatically convert two hyphens to an em dash.

--

eltrkbrd ,

Nice, didn't know that; it works in Telegram.

pearsaltchocolatebar ,

Alt+0150

sh00g ,

That's actually the alt code for an en dash. Em dash is Alt+0151!

eltrkbrd ,

@Stovetop gets it; Alt 0151 — love the em dash!

fubarx ,

On desktop, how many people search for an emoji, then just copy paste the character into their text?

Instead of switching to the alt keyboard, not that one, the other, no the emoji not the international one, dammit.

Or bringing up the keyboard menu, then scrolling around, looking for the right one, searching, no, scroll, scroll scroll, etc.

RGB3x3 ,

I'm about to blow your mind.

Windows key + . brings up an emoji menu. I only discovered this by accident about a month ago.

stress_headache ,

I used to do this, but then I changed to Hat. It's increased my productivity significantly and saves me multiple hours each week.

troybot ,

do you mind sharing your secret for the capital i? you just used three of them in one post and i have no idea how you accomplished such a feat

Fogle ,

Use an l

stress_headache ,

I go to Infrastructure. I hope to find a shorter word in the future but so far I've got nothing.

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