michaeljbuckner

I'm not sure what is going on. All I can suggest is to ensure you open up Character map, select All fonts Private Characters. Click on your new c and copy/paste into your document by selecting the desired character, click on select, then click on copy and then go into your word document, press Control V to paste it into the document. You can also select the desired character in Character Map press Control C to copy, then go into your word document, press Control V to paste it into the document. Hope this helps.

Uhhh.... not when Nursing Instructors have stated Nursing Students in my particular program are to use abbreviations. Creating the few abbrevaitions (as symbols) I needed took a total of 10 minutes (worst case).

I believe all versions of Windows have some version of Character Map. The problem is that Character Map regardless of version does not have all the charting abbreviations/symbols we as medical professionals encounter and need. You can use ALT + (hex code) to insert a symbol into most documents (depending on your version of Word). However the PCE will let you create custom symbols as I described and Character Map will allow you to insert the new symbols. It works great for me (I'm using them now to write my L&D care plan and Fetal Assessment for school as we speak).

Ever try to type up a care plan, charting, etc. and find that when you try to use "with" (the c with the line over it) or "after" (the p with the line over it) or "without (s with a line over it) Windows does not have the characters even in Character Map?! Well I have scoured the web and have not found a downloable font to solve the issue, but I do have a solution (and better yet it's free!) In Windows XP service Pack 2 there is a program called Private Charater Editor (it's built in). You'll have to use character Map ti insert your new characters, but once inserted can always use copy/paste from there. I created the "with" c, "without" s, and "after" p all with lines over them. to run Private Character Editor (PCE), click on start, run, then type eudcedit . This will bring up the editor. A "select code" window will appear with a blank box selected. Click OK. A box with gridlines will open. To create the c with the line over it, click on Edit, then on Copy Character. If you are like me, I use Arial quite a bit. So on the font button, click on it and select Arial and Regular, then OK. This brings up the Arial Character set. Click on the lowecase c and then on OK. You'll have a c on your grid box. Now quick on the pencil icon in the upper left corner. I reccommend starting 4 squares above the c and creating a line 4 squares high extending to the right and left widths of the existing c. Click on File and then on Font Links; I reccomend linking with all fonts. Click OK. Now click on save character. Bring up Character map and select All fonts Private Characters. Click on your new c and copy/paste into your document. You can do the same with with the p to make an "after" symbol or the s to make a "without" symbol. Just be sure to save those characters to another empty block (which will assign new codes to your new characters and avoid overwriting your new one. Hope this helps!

There is not a program that I can find, however I do have a solution. In Windows XP service Pack 2 there is a program called Private Charater Editor (it's built in). You'll have to use character Map ti insert your new characters, but once inserted can always use copy/paste from there. I created the "with" c, "without" s, and "after" p all with lines over them. to run Private Character Editor (PCE), click on start, run, then type eudcedit . This will bring up the editor. A "select code" window will appear with a blank box selected. Click ok. A box with gridlines will open. To create the c with the line over it, click on Edit, then on Copy Character. If you are like me, I use Arial quite a bit. So on the font button, click on it and select Arial and Regular, then Ok. This brings up the Arial Character set. Click on the lowecase c and then on ok. You'll have a c on your grid box. Now quick on the pencil icon in the upper left corner. I reccommend starting 4 squares above the c and creating a line 4 squares high extending to the right and left widths of the existing c. Click on File and then on Font Links; I reccomend linking with all fonts. Click ok. Now click on save character. Bring up Character map and select All fonts Private Characters. Click on your new c and copy/paste into your document. You can do the same with with the p to make an "after" symbol or the s to make a "without" symbol. Just be sure to save those characters to another empty block (which will assign new codes to your new characters and avoid overwriting your new one. Hope this helps!