What are Useful Alt Codes for Legal Writing? Forum

[Calchexas]

Alt + 21 - a.k.a. § - seems like it will be my overlord soon, and is one of only a handful of alts I know like the back of my hand. Are there any other alt codes you guys would advise me to memorize by heart? I don't want to waste a cumulative 5-20 hours of my law school career hunting unusual characters down, so any recommendations would be extremely helpful.

EDIT: Didn't clarify I was using Windows 7. The code is less important than the actual symbol or symbols, though.

[Dr. Review]

Wow, here I was using Alt + 0167 for § all this time.

[heeloftar]

Alt + 21 - a.k.a. § - seems like it will be my overlord soon, and is one of only a handful of alts I know like the back of my hand. Are there any other alt codes you guys would advise me to memorize by heart? I don't want to waste a cumulative 5-20 hours of my law school career hunting unusual characters down, so any recommendations would be extremely helpful.

Even more fun on a Mac, Option+6 = §

[Calchexas]

Well, good to know that you guy§ are prolific u§er§ of the §ection §ymbol, at lea§t.

[Ludo!]

I have section symbol, em dash and en dash hotkeyed all in a row

[NonTradHealthLaw]

¶ = Alt+20, though not nearly as useful as your Alt+21 shortcut.

☺ = Alt+1, use of which will get you mocked.

[FlanSolo]

Wow, here I was using Alt + 0167 for § all this time.

[pertristis]

My secondary journal required a non-breaking space before an em-dash: on a Mac, alt-[space].

[angua]

Alt + 21 - a.k.a. § - seems like it will be my overlord soon, and is one of only a handful of alts I know like the back of my hand. Are there any other alt codes you guys would advise me to memorize by heart? I don't want to waste a cumulative 5-20 hours of my law school career hunting unusual characters down, so any recommendations would be extremely helpful.

Even more fun on a Mac, Option+6 = §

Option+7 is ¶, which is also useful! ¶aragra¶hs and §ection§ are fun.

[Anonymous Loser]

I don't want to waste a cumulative 5-20 hours of my law school career hunting unusual characters down, so any recommendations would be extremely helpful.

EDIT: Didn't clarify I was using Windows 7. The code is less important than the actual symbol or symbols, though.

Just assign new shortcuts that make sense. Alt+S for §, Alt+P for ¶, etc.

[JusticeHarlan]

Alt + 21 - a.k.a. § - seems like it will be my overlord soon, and is one of only a handful of alts I know like the back of my hand. Are there any other alt codes you guys would advise me to memorize by heart? I don't want to waste a cumulative 5-20 hours of my law school career hunting unusual characters down, so any recommendations would be extremely helpful.

Even more fun on a Mac, Option+6 = §

Option+J = ∆
Option+P = π