How do I use a keyboard to imput math things. (exponents, square roots, etc...)?

Question

Is there a website that could tell me how to imput exponents, square roots, and all those other mathy symbols that don't exist on the keyboard? I like being able to do this kind of thing without always copy-pasting, since I use an IME and type with symbols from other languages.

Answer 1

Yes! Yes there is.

http://www.usefulshortcuts.com/alt-codes/index.php

There you go...all the ALT key codes you could ever possibly need. Well...most of them, anyway. Good luck! Oh, wait...I mean, good luck²!

Answer 2

It depends on what type program you are using. The conventional word processors have a math-format font where a given key stroke corresponds to a math symbol. Only a lover of pain would go back to the old CHR$( ) to conjure up the 120 or so symbols that are not immediately accessed on the keyboard.