ChatterBank0 min ago
Musical notation
I have already asked this question under MUSIC, but suspect I might have more luck here.
Does anyone know how to insert the symbol for a flat sign in musical notation using Microsoft Word (2000), if it can be done? I have searched symbols without success.
Many thanks in anticipation
Does anyone know how to insert the symbol for a flat sign in musical notation using Microsoft Word (2000), if it can be done? I have searched symbols without success.
Many thanks in anticipation
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.First make sure the numlock light is on on the keyboard (it normally is), if not press the Numlock key on the number pad. Use the digits on the number pad for codes, not the querty part.
For a flat note type 266d and then press Alt-X, the 266d you typed changs into a flat sign. (these are unicode characters and will work in Word, but not here).
A natural note is 266e and then press Alt-X and a sharp note 266f and then press Alt-X
For the popular ♪ sign you can hold the Alt key down and press 1 on the number pad.
The ♫ comes up if with Alt+14.
For a flat note type 266d and then press Alt-X, the 266d you typed changs into a flat sign. (these are unicode characters and will work in Word, but not here).
A natural note is 266e and then press Alt-X and a sharp note 266f and then press Alt-X
For the popular ♪ sign you can hold the Alt key down and press 1 on the number pad.
The ♫ comes up if with Alt+14.
Thanks for your help. I still can't get it to work as when I type in the code it just comes up in the document as plain text and I get no response from the Alt key. I think there must be something wrong with the key on my laptop as when I press Alt+M which is supposed to take me to my home page, nothing happens. Haven't had it 5 minutes! Of course I might be thick and doing something wrong. Very grateful for your time and trouble anyway.
Thanks, but I think I'll give up. I don't think it exists as a character in Word so I feel I've been on a wild goose chase. I have found it on other sites, thanks to the help of others, but the question is rather academic as it is in picture format which will not copy to this site. I was trying to help a poster asking about musical scales - should've just written the word 'flat' in the first place - but it struck me as odd that although there is a # key on the keyboard there is no corresponding flat key (although I realise that # has a different use in the US). Thanks again for all your time and trouble.