Re: The Impotance Of Being Earnest

Puckdropper wrote:
"DGDevin" <dgdevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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EXT wrote:

Most people don’t know that all the special symbols and
punctuation
are available simply by holding the ALT key while typing a code
number on the NUM pad. For example a hyphen is on the keyboard,
thus
-, but a dash, which is longer, is available by holding the ALT
key
down and typing 0151, thus —.

Offhand do you know where one might download a chart of these
characters with the code numbers? I've been thinking of getting
new
software designed to make this easier, but I could also pin a chart
to the wall and be happy with that.



Windows has included a program that tells you not only how to access
the special characters, but which each character code displays in
different fonts. It's called Character Map.

You might have to install it, it's under Add or Remove Programs >
Windows Components (the location changes from version to version,
but
check Accessories at this point.)

A word of warning: Fonts vary, so there's no guarantee that the
copyright symbol in one font will be the copyright symbol in
another.

If you're running Office, much of this is automated by Autocorrect and
Autoformat. OpenOffice has a similar feature.

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