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Thread ID: 22539 2002-07-23 23:59:00 how does one type the © symbol? Chris Wilson (431) Press F1
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64718 2002-07-23 23:59:00 to get the © symbol on things, i have to copy and paste it.
how does one type it directly?

OK, there goes any illusion that i know what i'm doing!
Chris Wilson (431)
64719 2002-07-24 00:06:00 Hold down "Alt" and hit 0169 on your numeric keypad. |llus|oN (645)
64720 2002-07-24 00:13:00 0169 ©
Cool! now i can replace the bollicy "(c)" with ©me on a website i have taken over....... nice!
Chris Wilson (431)
64721 2002-07-24 00:39:00 There are lots more goodies available if you go Start (at bottom left of your screen) >Programs> Accessories> System Tools> Character Map .

Then select a Font Style to view a variety of symbols . As you select each symbol the required keystroke combination is displayed in the window at the bottom right of the panel .

eg . £ ± µ ¶ é ¼ ½ ¾ » ² ³ ° €

Have fun . P .
Peter (676)
64722 2002-07-24 02:12:00 Chris, you might be better to use the "escaped" method ... start with an ampersand, then a hash (shift 3) then the code. I can't show it here, because it gets translated --- even in "pre" mode. There are quite a lot of special symbols which have their own named escape codes (ending with ";": the ampersand is "<ampersand>amper;" ... I think copyright is "<ampersand>copyr;", etc. They are listed in various books. Graham L (2)
64723 2002-07-24 02:33:00 here's a list of the codes: www.bbsinc.com Graham L (2)
64724 2002-07-24 03:52:00 Peter,
is there another way of getting to the character map? i run win 98SE
Chris Wilson (431)
64725 2002-07-24 05:00:00 Put a shortcut on yer desktop if you are going to use it often. go Start -> Programs etc but right click and drag to desktop . choose Copy Here from the menu the pops up when you release the mouse button. Elwin Way (229)
64726 2002-07-24 05:02:00 but elwin.. it's not in the menu to drag! Chris Wilson (431)
64727 2002-07-24 05:17:00 Chris, I've got Win 98 and my character map is in the Programs>System Tools on the start menu but I can't remember if that is its orginal place or not as I customise my menu .

You can access character map in Word as well, when you go to Insert>Symbol (or use the shortcut icon) .

But like Graham says, if you want to insert that (or any other) symbol in webpages you should do it properly and use the code rather than type it in otherwise some browsers won't display the symbol .

Graham's link shows you the codes to type (thanks Graham, that's handy!) . Look up the symbol then type in the HTML code to the right of it .
Susan B (19)
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