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How can I type in a "manicule" to send?

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elseedy
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A manicule is a sort of punctuation or formatting sign that is not on my keyboard but I suspect is in the character matrix.

I am using Thunderbird running on Windows 7.

A manicule is a sort of punctuation or formatting sign that is not on my keyboard but I suspect is in the character matrix. I am using Thunderbird running on Windows 7.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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There might be a more convenient way, but...

These characters have a corresponding Unicode identification, so you can use

Insert > HTML

and then embed that Unicode number into a tag an HTML entity. For example, for the white hand pointing to the right: 

☞

which yields

☞

These pages have a list of those codes:

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sfhowes
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If you want to have a dizzying array of letters and symbols at your disposal, install abcTajpu.