[AT] Degree symbol--know how?

[Larry D Goss]

Not all Windows XP are created equal.  The symbols came back as a and o on 
my machine.  I'm running Windows XP Media Edition.

I attended a program on the highlights of Vista a couple of days ago and 
everything the presenter talked about is something that I already have 
available and am using in the Media Edition system.  For instance, the All 
Programs view from the Start button is now a single vertical list instead of 
the multiple column list that we're used to.  But some of those single 
column lists are available to you by adding toolbars to your existing 
Windows XP task bar.  Right click on any blank area in your task bar, Unlock 
your taskbar, right click on an open area again, and you'll have a Toolbar 
option available.  Highlighting that will show a half dozen or more toolbars 
that can be added to your taskbar.  Those will give you the "look and feel" 
of Vista without having to make any additional changes.  For some strange 
reason, the Desktop on my computer screen is hidden and cannot be made 
visible.  So I added the Desktop Toolbar to my system and am using that 
instead.  I kind of like it that way.  Now I don't have to minimize 
everything or go through the longer process of bringing up the Desktop in 
order to start a new program.  It also means that my screen saver and 
background is always completely clear of any program icons.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Vorwerk - Printwear Graphics" <pvorwerk at newulmtel.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:20 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?


The symbols showed up fine on my computer - Windows XP os.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Larry D Goss
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:33 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?

Hey Steve, whatever happened to the old masculine and feminine symbols?  Are

we now so politically correct that those have been deleted from our lexicon?

Where such an item is defined in the Windows fonts, it appears as a lower
case superscript a(ª ) for feminine and o( º) for masculine.  It also
appears that the rest of the alchemy symbols are missing.  I don't see any
of them showing up in System, Symbol, Wingdings, or any other font.

It's not that I ever used them, it's just that I didn't realize that they're

gone.  If anybody receives this message on their computer with the old
masculine and feminine symbols showing inside the parentheses in the above
paragraph, I'd sure like to know about it.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?


>
>
> Larry D Goss wrote:
>> LOL!  That's one of the differences between your computers (and their
>> keyboards) from the ones we use on this side of the pond, Mattias.  You
>> probably have multiple language sets installed on your computer with each

>> one reassigning letter locations on your keyboard.  It's unusual over
>> here to have anything other than American English installed on our
>> computers.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>
> For anyone with a Windows machine. Look in the programs/accessories folder

> and see if you have a shortcut called Character Map. That will show you
> the codes for various symbols in the different fonts your computer has in
> it.
> It also allows you to cut/paste in the character.
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
> Near Cooperstown, New York
>
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