[AT] Degree symbol--know how?

[Larry D Goss]

BTW, when you use the symbol menu in the toolbar of your favorite word 
processor, you are getting a standard symbol that is pre-defined in a Symbol 
type font.  When you use the Alt-code sequence, you get a shaped symbol that 
is designed to look like it belongs in the type font that you're currently 
using -- much different end result.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?


There are a whole bunch of non-keyboard symbols available, John.  In the old
days (DOS, etc) they were three numbers each because there was a maximum of
256 characters in any one font.  I suspect that there are still a bunch of
fonts that don't have the high-bit characters defined, so there may be some
people for which that particular alt-code doesn't print.  What really got to
be fun was when the high-bit code for display on the computer screen was
different from the high-bit code defined by the printer driver.  That sort
of discrepancy could drive you nuts when a document looks OK on the screen
and then comes out completely different on a hard copy.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:21 PM
Subject: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?


In case I'm not the only computer NON-genius in
the crowd I thought you might like to know how to
type a degree symbol like I just learned....so
you don't have to type out the word
"degree."   (My keyboard does not have a degree
key).   Just set your keyboard to "Num
Lock,"  place your cursor where you want the
degree symbol, and hold down the "Alt" key while
you type +0176 on the numeric keyboard (clusters
of numbers on the far right of the
keyboard)....IE:   32°    It works for me!   John W.

                    In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon




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