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hi

i haven't in my keyboard keys like { ~

i have tried On-Screen Keyboard but my antivirus did bark and deleted the fil

is there a full portable virtual keyboard , i can use under w7 /8.1 and w10?

thanks

Do you mean this one: https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1327?

Windows comes with its own on-screen keyboard, but you have to install tablet components.

Midas wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:25 pm Do you mean this one: https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1327?

Windows comes with its own on-screen keyboard, but you have to install tablet components.

Hi
yes , but is there an alternative portable ,I would like to avoid the windows built in virtual keyboard
thanks

If you just want to enter some special characters, tools like WinCompose (https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2615) or BabelMap (https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2352) may do the job.

Sorry, but I have no suggestion for typing.

EDIT: https://freevirtualkeyboard.com/ claims portability, but I haven't tested it...

Midas wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:51 am Sorry, but I have no suggestion for typing.

Hi giulia,
I suggest You to read this article on How-To-Geek:

How to Quickly Type Special Characters on Any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet https://www.howtogeek.com/210824/how-to ... or-tablet/

and

Use Special Characters in Windows https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10253/u ... n-windows/

In short the article author (Chris Hoffman) suggest a very old trick used on MS-DOS:
• press Alt key (on the left of keyboard), keep it pressed and type the char found on extended ASCII table https://www.profdavis.net/ascii_table.pdf, then release the Alt key
• You can also use the 'Character Map' tool any Windows version: click on Start and enter character map into the search box and hit Enter.
--> if You have a italian Windows, type 'Mappa caratteri' (without quotes)
--> If You have a german Windows, type 'Charakterkarte' (without quotes)

BTW
the char { (opening brace) is obtained pressing Alt + 123
the char ~ (tilde) is obtained pressing Alt + 126