Originally posted here by lucktsm
I have used alt-333 in a password before. It's nice because most kiddies don't look for a "Clubs" as the password character. You can experiment with the alt-number sequences. I created a program that uses random nimber 16 bytes that picks out of the 128 ascii set. I know there are more to use but not sure how windows will handle it.
Interesting - I have a Sony Vaio which doesn't have a numeric keypad. There are small numbers on keys M, J,K,L,U,I,O,7,8,9 (0 - 9 respectively), along with other small characters on some of the other keys. I hoped that they would allow me to use ALT-Fn to invoke them. I tried the combination in Word 2003 - nothing. I tried <ALT-Fn L> in notepad and it gave me a <Heart> whilst <ALT-Fn U>, <ALT-Fn I> and <ALT-Fn O> gives other card suit characters.

Any idea how I can use ALT in combination as suggested originally (other than using an external keypad!)?