[SOLVED] Trying to Write a "tick" symbol

[Andavane]

Hello

A friend & I have phone chats where we work on a "Google Docs" file, and we want to be able to write a "tick" symbol.

In the document you go "insert/special character/advance" then type in the unicode symbol;
because of the thousands of combinations I assumed that there would be a combo one could use as a "tick", as I thought Linux would have everything.

I searched far and wide on google and found lots of other people trying to get ticks as well.

I realise this may not be an ubuntu things as such, but as I can't find an answer elsewhere, I'd thought I'd try here.

Regards

John

[squaregoldfish]

The unicode code for a basic tick mark is U+2713. See the Wikipedia page.

Steve.

[Andavane]

The unicode code for a basic tick mark is U+2713. See the Wikipedia page.

Steve.

Many thanks dear friend,
This has saved many hours' frustration and hair pulling.
I just have a residual query:

Does "U+2713" mean I have to type "U" then "2713"? Somehow I still can't get the symbol to appear.

In Google docs I had actually to type "0x2713" and then the tick symbol appeared as desired.

Kind regards

John

[airtonix]

This has also baffled me, on windows you could hold the left alt key and type numbers on the numpad to produce these 'extra' characters.

Is there such a key combination for gnome?

[Vivaldi Gloria]

✓

Try copying that.

In gedit I can do

<Ctrl><Shift><u><Unicode number><Enter>

to get unicode characters.

In google docs try Andavane's method above.

[Rhubarb]

Hold down ctrl + shift, then type in: u 2 7 1 3, then release ctrl + shift.

[Andavane]

This has also baffled me, on windows you could hold the left alt key and type numbers on the numpad to produce these 'extra' characters.

Is there such a key combination for gnome?

Indeed, easy to hold down the 'alt' key and type in the number.
I've never been able to figure out what the "U+" is, and what you're supposed to do.

John

[Rhubarb]

I've never been able to figure out what the "U+" is, and what you're supposed to do.

The "U" part stands for Unicode.
If you open up the Character Map (Applications --> Accessories --> Character Map), you can search for the character, and find out it's unicode number.
There are far more characters you can use by key combinations in Ubuntu, due to the fact you can refer to any unicode characters you like.
For example you can output to Braille ⠝, Tamil ௲, Thai ฌ, or even Canadian Aboriginal ᖭ.

[Andavane]

Hold down ctrl + shift, then type in: u 2 7 1 3, then release ctrl + shift.

mmm, I remembered: I've been here before.
Unfortunately this doesn't work on my keyboard (in Open Office) which is a little Cherry ML4100.
I bought it because I have physically limited reach.
It's a small keyboard just under 28 cm in width & 12.5 cm depth.
I guess this is something to do with it.

Regards

John

[Andavane]

✓

Try copying that.

In gedit I can do

<Ctrl><Shift><u><Unicode number><Enter>

to get unicode characters.

In google docs try Andavane's method above.

Aha Vivaldi!
This works on my little keyboard (see my response to rhubarb);
the only difference is that when I type nothing happens, but when I release
ctr-shift the tick appears!

Regards

John