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Old Aug 19th, 2005, 11:47 PM
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 12:12 AM
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Robespierre, I read it and evidently I don't understand it because I still can't figure out how to do pound. What do you mean by universal escape sequence?
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 05:25 AM
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How did you make that euro sign in word for windows?
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 05:41 AM
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Areala, if you mean Word that runs on Windows, I live in a house with three Macs, but no Windows, so I can't help you there.

In Word for a Mac, press the option key, the shift key, and the number 2 at the same time: €.

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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 05:43 AM
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>Je suis très excitée!<
well done aggie! ;-) because now you can put accents you MUST use them properly! but that is a excellent start! =D>
très bonne journée à vous tous!
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 05:56 AM
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Like Areala I cannot get the euro symbol. I see it on my keyboard. It is on the %/5 key to the right of the 5. Bit I can't get it to appear. Euro symbol is not among the symbols on my character map.
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 06:02 AM
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I'd like to help you with € but mine is on the E key and I just have to press "alt Gr" with E to have it. have you tried the "Alt Gr" key?

€€€€€€€€&e uro;€€€€€€€&eur o;€€€€€€€€ €€€€€€€€&e uro;€€€€;-)
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 06:05 AM
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I have an "alt" key but no "gr" key
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 06:22 AM
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Hi. I apologize for interrupting, but all of a sudden my mouse isn't working on my desktop. I've checked the connections. Is it possible to navigate without mouse? Can you recommend a help website for assistance? Thanks so much. J.
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 07:57 AM
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Reference to the Euro Symbol:
If using windows:
Hold down the ALT key while entering 0128 from the numerical keypad.
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 08:39 AM
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The way to make a Euro symbol that will always render correctly in HTML is

<b>&amp;euro;</b>

If you use a keyboard shortcut, it may or may not come out right on everyone else's computer.

Pound is

<b>&amp;pound;</b>
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 12:37 PM
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Oh, I get it now, the semi-colon is part of the symbol, not part of the sentence.

testing &euro;
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 08:26 PM
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OK, I got the hold alt key and type 0128 from numeric pad and that worked:

&euro;

However the &euro; does not work. Do I hold something else down with it. Also notice my &amp; is different than yours.

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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 08:27 PM
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Hey look at my last post. After I sent it, it came out correct but it didn't do that until I posted. I didn't see the euro sign until then. Weird
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 08:32 PM
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&euro;
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 08:33 PM
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&pound;
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OMG Robespierre- THANK YOU!!! And yes, I am shouting with joy!! Mille grazie!
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In Micorsoft Word I also tried the &euro; and it did not put in the euro sign.
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Old Aug 20th, 2005, 08:42 PM
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OK, my husband just walked in and told me in Microsoft word all you have to do is go to the insert tab at top a pull down comes down hit symbol and a bunch of symbols come up, find the &euro; and hit insert and waa..la..
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Old Aug 21st, 2005, 09:42 AM
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Nice to see your husband agrees with mr_go's post of 08/19/2005, 09:59 am.
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