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A special character is a character that can't be found on your keyboard. You can insert special characters by using Character Map or by pressing a combination of keys on your keyboard. The Character Map How to Open the  Character Map Open Character Map by clicking the Windows  Start  button . . .  In the search box, type  Character Map , and then, in the list of results, click  Character Map . The Character Map enables you to view the characters that are available in a selected font. Using Character Map, you can copy individual characters or a group of characters to the Clipboard and paste them into any program that can display them. More at:  Windows Help Tweet

It's too bad that the modern UI has proven so contentious, because aside from the eye candy—or eye cancer, depending on your perspective—an abundance of welcome nuts-and-bolts changes makes Windows 8 the hands-down best version of Windows that Microsoft has ever released. But don't despair. Although you can tweak and tuck a few things to almost completely banish the interface formerly known as Metro from your Windows 8 life, you can also try another tactic: not upgrading at all. Many of Windows 8's best under-the-hood improvements can be yours in Windows 7 with the help of a few handy-dandy applications. Having your cake and eating it too has never tasted so sweet. More at: PC World

Take more control of your Windows 7 system with these quick and easy Registry tweaks. By Marco Chiappetta The Windows Registry is a powerful but confusing component of the Windows operating system. In earlier editions of Windows, editing the Registry was fraught with peril; if the user edited it with the wrong tool or altered a critical key, the result could be an inoperable Windows installation. Windows 7, however, is far more forgiving than its predecessors when it comes to modifying the Registry, if you use the built-in Windows 7 Registry Editor (Regedit)." More at:   PCWorld