How to create cool MSN display names
Contributed by risherz 
Tagged: Instant messaging Create cool names that your friends aren’t going to believe! ASCII has many special characters in it that many people don’t know about. This recipe also has many tips that are going to help you think of a cool display name!
There are two ways you can create cool display names.
One way of accessing other symbols is by experimenting. To experiment you can use this technique:
1. Press Alt+a number combination (Try all sorts of combinations, I find that there are a lot of combinations in the 0160 range that can be used)
Make sure that you don’t release the alt button in between!
As soon as you let go of the Alt button you can see your character symbol there.
Here are a few examples
Press Alt+0153 to get a ™ symbol
Press Alt+0169 to get a © symbol
Press Alt+0164 to get a ¤ symbol
Press Alt+0166 to get a ¦ symbol
And so on…
If you want a list of more of the symbols then use the list of symbols (Windows Character Map) in Microsoft Word
To access this:
1. Open Microsoft Word
2. Click on Insert on the menu bar
3. Then click on Symbols…
Then a box will pop up with all the symbols. Just double click on a symbol to paste it in the document. Then just copy and paste the symbol from your document.
Now all you need is a little creativity to put all these symbols together.
Most people either make a pattern out of these symbols around their name or make their name out of symbols.
Here are some examples I could come up with:
® | $ |-| Σ Я ž ™- Notice that this name is created completely using symbols, and I have spaced the symbols so that it is a bit easier to read.
[¸,ø¤º°`¦°º¤ø,¸ |The Risherz| ¸,ø¤º°`¦°º¤ø,¸]© ²ºº5 – Just a few symbols that I put together and repeated the same on the other side.
That’s all there is to it!
To change you display name in msn just
1. Click on Tools
2. Click on Options…
3. Type in your display name or use Copy and Paste in the text box under
“Type your name as you want others to see it:”
Now when your friends sign onto MSN Messenger they are going to see your extremely cool display name!
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Jess said on October 2, 2008
Omg..Lol…Ha…≈☆≈
vinod kumar said on October 6, 2008
its very use full
harvey said on October 18, 2008
my old msn dos not work
Cj said on October 19, 2008
agh.. it won’t let me paste.. it won’t let me do that alt shortcut…
>_
Bakri said on October 21, 2008
Copy it and paste it on your personal messege
brad said on October 24, 2008
i cnt past it into my name box
brad said on October 24, 2008
it doesnt do it in there either
r u kiddin said on October 27, 2008
lame i knew tht before
sydney said on November 8, 2008
click in the display name box and click and hold Ctrl + V to Paste and Ctrl + C is Cut Ctrl + Z is Undo and Ctrl + Y is Redo
sydney said on November 8, 2008
try the ctrl + v again
sum1 said on November 27, 2008
it dont work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kaykay said on December 8, 2008
this helped me so much! thanks!
yawn said on December 18, 2008
how is that at all relevant?
Anonymous said on December 21, 2008
huh
TASHHHO said on December 23, 2008
[[NO¹ RΔVƐR º]]
Meds said on December 29, 2008
This was out like a year ago..wasnt itt..?
J a y d e :) said on December 31, 2008
Go on to character map it on your oc go to start and search it or it will be there
kaylaa said on January 14, 2009
Haiii..
kaylaa said on January 14, 2009
Do ”ctrl c” To Copy It The ”ctrl v” To Paste. It Will Work That Wayy.
kaylaa said on January 14, 2009
Ctrl X ….Is Cut. and Ctrl C Is Copyyy. Get It Right tLol
cow said on February 3, 2009
weird… who would want to waste their time doing this?…
josh said on February 8, 2009
this is crap it dont work !
Nicole said on February 27, 2009
LOL it does soooo.. copy and paste the symbols.. But ya gotta Hold n CTRL key and press V to Paste it into ya Msn
khynat said on March 9, 2009
i desighned a msn name but when i paste it, it shows something else
Lydia said on March 10, 2009
this is a rubbish site i was thinkin more BETTER symbols than theese skanky ones that your site clames i am takin my business somewhere eles thankyou very much
C'loee said on March 17, 2009
i dont get it :(
how do you do it :’(
Tanya said on March 17, 2009
Huh..?
mickala said on March 20, 2009
heyy help me please
Emily said on March 27, 2009
This is awesome but i dunno who to get onto tools and options and stuff
ASMA said on March 29, 2009
Afghan buffness
saphire said on April 5, 2009
haahhaaa u go girll lool lol xx
danny said on April 8, 2009
what about those who dont have miscoft ????
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Jose said on April 15, 2009
Man…this is a really helpful site
Love it
hehe
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jake said on April 19, 2009
it dosnt work 4 me :(
^_^.·°•°·.MusicGal.·°•°·.^_^ said on April 23, 2009
HAHA! thats funny cuz its so random=P
Rinnie said on April 25, 2009
if u have the new msn then go into the options then go to the webpage or wherever ur getting the symbol from, high light the symbol then drag it to the msn options thingy……..i hope this helped…sorry im no good at wording it
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Rinnie said on April 25, 2009
if u have the new msn then go into the options then go to the webpage or wherever ur getting the symbol from, high light the symbol then drag it to the msn options thingy……..i hope this helped…sorry im no good at wording it
••●✖ 卐☣☠ŘįňńĭĘ☠☣卐✖●••
jess said on May 7, 2009
around
Zoe Doucet said on May 12, 2009
i love my bunny ..
his name is fluff
::: ((
*: (=’,') :*
Žσé❤ツღ
Daniel said on May 12, 2009
why my new Window Live Messenger (2009)does not work of that?copy & paste also cannot…and the Alt+number combination also cannot.how can i do?
Sharon said on May 12, 2009
umm ook?
guess said on May 28, 2009
i carnt DO IT
SERIFE said on June 11, 2009
IT WONT LET ME COPY AND PASTE
megz said on June 20, 2009
hello i realy like this website
A said on July 3, 2009
how do u make the letters backwards
Cabes said on July 4, 2009
≤♠●€Ä£Ệß €∂ЅЄ¥●♠≥ ty heaps man
Anonymous said on July 21, 2009
I Love You Žσé❤ツღ and i love Your Bunny
Anonymous said on July 25, 2009
DaLooLa
Anonymous said on August 7, 2009
Or you can copy a msn text symbol and click on your name name options and click in the box press down Ctrl then v
Anonymous said on August 7, 2009
Tis Is Sick As :P
Anonymous said on August 11, 2009
whats sud my new msn bee?!
Anonymous said on August 12, 2009
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Anonymous said on August 28, 2009
omg wow
Guest said on September 2, 2009
SOMEONE HELLPP IM 11 YEARS OLD LOL AND IT DOESNT IT WORK I CLIKED ALT AND 1064 CAN SOMEONE HELOO ME PLZZZ!
Mickie said on September 7, 2009
You can also click unda ur name (the down arrow) and click change display name. It works the same way!
redrose said on September 9, 2009
u press Ctrl+c to copy and than press Ctrl+v to paste it in the display name it will 100% work :)
Anonymous said on September 13, 2009
who wants to add me on msn. but u gatta pay me through paypal. sup ?
OblivionX said on September 25, 2009
When i go into the display name it has a blue box around it and won’t let me type anything into it. Does anyone know how i can fix this?
Anonymous said on September 26, 2009
Tis good!
Thy love thee information on thee!
Jolly well done!
Anonymous said on September 26, 2009
Whoo might that be then little fella? Come on, speak up lass!
Jam Amthungpong said on October 1, 2009
just go to . Start menu + all programs + Accessories + System Tools + character Map.
Anonymous said on October 2, 2009
press ctrl+v
Anonymous said on October 28, 2009
thats soo annoting that alt + 0160 thing it dunt workk !
luc said on November 3, 2009
its ooo eezy u lot r weird if u dnt understand it
Sofia said on November 29, 2009
My MSN doesn’t seem to let me type shortcuts OR copy and paste. Not even in the “personal message” area. PLEASE HELP!
Sofia said on November 29, 2009
OH MY GOSH THAT DID HELP!! YAYYY
Anonymous said on November 29, 2009
ツ ツ
Anonymous said on December 8, 2009
weird… who would want to waste their time coming on here to post pointless comments like this?…
Nessa said on December 17, 2009
:/ i cant copy and paste on my computer…
jade said on December 30, 2009
ctrl c is coppy and ctrl v is paste ok
Anonymous said on January 17, 2010
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Anonymous said on January 18, 2010
my comp let me do it wat do i need ?
Anonymous said on January 22, 2010
bateeeeeeeeeeeee
Anonymous said on February 11, 2010
where is mirosoft word and i cant paste anything on my display name so wat r they talking about
Anonymous said on February 14, 2010
but wat if u cant copy n paste on msn?
Anonymous said on February 16, 2010
that stupid thing works but i knew that 5 years ago!!!! And anyway i wasnt even looking for this i was looking for something else!
p.s. put something more new and more interesting>>> ok
Anonymous said on February 23, 2010
just press ctrl and v and it’ll paste :P i had te same problem too xD
Anonymous said on February 26, 2010
none of it works but can u plz send me a emoticon that is > u no the bomb TNT lyk a fire work or something can u make a firecracker thing with TNT written in the middle tanks and if you dont no what tnt is look it up on google images thannk you hopeing you can make it really need it ergently
Anonymous said on March 2, 2010
you should also learn to spell…just saying…
Anonymous said on March 3, 2010
u do ctrl c 2 copy and ctrl v 2 pastee hear is somethin i put together rock on!!!
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Anonymous said on March 7, 2010
hi
Anonymous said on March 14, 2010
this is not workin i cant do it i try it and it wont work wht the hell
Anonymous said on March 16, 2010
it doesnt work..on my msn not even copy paste doesn work..:(
Anonymous said on March 17, 2010
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Anonymous said on March 17, 2010
another one ullleh’s
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Anonymous said on March 17, 2010
Anonymous said on March 23, 2010
Press Num Lock and use the keys under that button when you press ALT+ your number
Anonymous said on March 27, 2010
Another good tool is the character map on your computer. I believe it is on any version on Windows, so for those of you that aren’t sure how to access it, here’s how:
Go to the Start menu.
Go to “Run” or “Run Program” (whatever your computer has)
Type in “charmap” in the search field.
Find your letters, and double click on them to add them to the copy bar at the bottom ( there is a Copy button beside the bar for when you are done) or you can highlight your masterpiece and drag it into your MSN, MySpace, Facebook, etc. :D
You can choose from many different fonts. Some have hearts, stars, music notes, etc., and some have Japanese symbols, and all other kinds of funky characters (not to mention some pretty cool letters too!)
Have fun!
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Anonymous said on March 29, 2010
i need to a jordan sign for my msn display name plz
Rikki said on May 22, 2010
ri ik ki iツღ
:D:D
casey said on May 27, 2010
Hey i love these name things there sooo kool lol thanx who’s ever site this is
Roza said on June 4, 2010
hi guys how’re u doing ? i want to make symbols by myself , could u send me a site includes these kinds of symbol , i really wanna learn it and use it .. thanx .. :)
Bella said on June 10, 2010
but it doesn’t let you high light it then copy it, it’s weird
CATMAN2020 said on June 11, 2010
you can just type in cool msn names to paste
and then when u see the name letter symbol highlite it and drag it onto tour msn hotmail change name page
BOB said on June 11, 2010
U STUPID FELLOW STOP LIEING
BOB said on June 11, 2010
SORRY CATMAN YOUR INFO WAS RIGHT
THANKS 4 IT
X-harmz-x said on June 21, 2010
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guest said on June 27, 2010
heey this websites cool xD
smnthr said on July 14, 2010
sometimes it doesn’t work with your computer. it depends.
Jessica-a said on July 17, 2010
nice
Mimih999 said on July 18, 2010
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Cal T_1998 said on July 19, 2010
heeey
Hvbgj said on July 20, 2010
Sickkkk, Lolll
Claudiagutierrez12 said on July 31, 2010
ur awsome
bebe said on August 3, 2010
Does any one how to make dog paws icon???
Eileen said on August 26, 2010
¬¬ awesome! :P
Katiee said on September 11, 2010
what does it mean when someone puts something like [c=1][b] ?(coppied off my friends msn…
lirimm said on September 29, 2010
҈ŁσЯἶ҈
Rhsz said on October 3, 2010
pretty gay
suee. said on October 10, 2010
well this wobsite is alot of help but i was looking for a website that could show me how to mad my whole msn back ground differnt colours, like not the chating part the main part that tellls you whos online and whos off like, i knew how to do all this stuff anyway but it was a great help to remember and for others who are new to it , so if anyone could help me i would be very proud, and if you have windows live messanger i would get messanger plus its nothing but wonders i love it so if you got it your cool and if you dont i think that you should all you do is go on the enter net and typ in messanger plus and find the right website and download it , it has all kinds of cool things after you do it , i got it and i dont know what i would do with out it , it dosnt seam to give me any bad things that i dont want on my laptop it sont give me any virous, sorry im not the best speller but i think that you guys could understand this , sorry for any incorect spellling, well hope you take my ideas , heart cha,
Xo-amber-kiss-ox said on October 10, 2010
try: pressing clt v at the same time
Man said on November 6, 2010
thanks for the help
musicare said on November 23, 2010
It’s not- that s wat makes it funny
does this work on HOtmail too?
٩(•̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(-̮̮̃-̃)۶ said on November 30, 2010
how do you put them on your msn name
LordGuthix1 said on December 14, 2010
use ctrl + v
boSs Alox said on January 8, 2011
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Stephen Wardlaw said on February 3, 2011
it means they have ms plus and there name is in colours
Stephen Wardlaw said on February 3, 2011
msn*
hotchick said on February 8, 2011
do it on word thn copy and paste xx
^_^.·°•°·Deenie^_^.·°•°· said on April 14, 2011
^_^.·°•°· doesnt work ^_^.·°•°·
naala said on December 25, 2011
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