Bitter winter

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> Steve wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > To produce the character, hold down the ALT key, then while holding, press the number sequence on the number keypad; do NOT use the Plus sign, just ALT and the number sequence. It has to be the number keypad on the right, and not the numbers across the top.
> > 
> > ALT+0162 = ¢
> > ALT+0163 = £
> > ALT+177 = ±
> > ALT+0188 = ¼
> > ALT+0189 = ½
> > 
> > ALT+211 = Ó
> > ALT+241 = ñ
> > ALT+250 = ú
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > Just passing it along.
> > 
> > Steve/bboyminn
> >
> Carol responds:
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> Hi, Steve. Thanks for all your trouble, but I post from the website, where there's no text editing window. (My browser is SeaMonkey, which is very much like the old Netscape. I hate, hate, hate IE!) If I need those characters, I just use the Insert menu in MS Word. Besides, I'd rather do without a tilde than go to the trouble of typing  ALT + 241!
> 
> Carol, who is probably both lazy and technologically challenged, :-)!
>


Steve:

I post from the website too, and the above special character were
posted in that fashion.

There are some characters that I use a lot, so I sort of know 
them by heart. The Pound '£' and Euro '€', for example. As I 
said, I've got a small list tape at my computer for a quick 
reminder.

I can see not wanting to take the trouble for what amounts to
one post per year or so, but the method is there if you should
need it. 

Just make sure to use the Number Keypad on the Right, and to 
enter all four digits. For example the Pound Sign requires you
to hold the ALT key down, then, on the Number Keypad, press -

ZERO ONE SIX THREE

163 will not work, and the numbers across the top of the keyboard
won't work. 

Obviously this works best if you have symbols that you frequently
use. 

You can also pull characters from the Character Maps, which is
found on all Windows computers, in a copy and paste fashion. 

Keep in mind that the extended characters are not standardized
between fonts. The old pure ASCII character set had lines and
corners for the extended characters. Some fonts have foreign
characters as the extended set. So, this works best with 
standard and very common fonts. 

Steve/bboyminn