I just do a search on any oddball character, then copy and paste it to my post.
Sample:
Search for "wiki +paragraph symbol" yields:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PilcrowThen I paste and copy that symbol from the wiki article into my post.
¶ <That' a pilcrow.
§ < And that's a Section symbol.
I saved a whole bunch of these with a shortcut to the list so I can just pluck 'em off my shortcutted list.
Sample (Informal partial list in my Notepad shortcut. If I had been smart, I would have put the list in Word because Notepad doesn't pick up some of them, like the arrows. For some of those, I added a link to where they were):
OFT-USED SPECIAL SYMBOLS IN NOTEPAD
Down arrow ( ? ) See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(symbol)#Arrows_in_Unicode
degree ( ° )
micro µ
bullet ( • )
DIVISION SYMBOL (obelus) ( ÷ )
pilcrow ( ¶ )
section sign ( § )
SLASHED ZERO Ø
I use the slashed zero a lot for ham call signs: W something Ø something something something. (I had a hard time finding a call sign that wasn't used.
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Simple, easy, no need to pore through a symbol table for your frequently-used ones.
Terry, 230ЯÑ