[AT] Degree symbol--know how?

George Willer gwill at gwill.net
Wed Dec 13 19:08:52 PST 2006


Larry,

It seems like you must be struggling along with a single monitor?  Shame on
you!

George Willer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Larry D Goss
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:27 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Degree symbol--know how?
> 
> 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'"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> 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-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [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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