The Euro sign?
Feb 17th, 2005, 08:51 AM
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By the way, dln -
There is a way that you can write out these escape sequences and not have them render the special characters, such as <b>&euro;</b>, without resorting to leaving spaces in the description and then saying "without the spaces."
Can you guess what how I did that?
There is a way that you can write out these escape sequences and not have them render the special characters, such as <b>&euro;</b>, without resorting to leaving spaces in the description and then saying "without the spaces."
Can you guess what how I did that?
Feb 17th, 2005, 09:31 AM
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When robespierre is right he is most defintely right - and anyone else is wrong. Even when he is right (which is often BTW), he hangs on beating the horse til it is well and truly dead. Just look at the threads about iPods and noise cancelling headphones. When that dog gets ahold of a bone he just won't let it go.
Feb 17th, 2005, 10:05 AM
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Hey, most everything I know about a computer I have learned from this site (The Fodor's European computer keyboard how-to web site). This is as close to formal training that I will ever get.
Does anyone really know how many Fodorites it takes to screw in a lightbulb?
Does anyone really know how many Fodorites it takes to screw in a lightbulb?
Feb 17th, 2005, 10:16 AM
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I first thought, this is cool, I'll just copy the Euro symbol into Word and save it for a rainy day.
So I copied the symbol from ckenb and pasted it in a Word document and I got a bold bullet.
So next I did the Alt-0128 and I got another bold bullet.
Tried €, and got €, in Word.
Tried Alt/control/5 and got a blank
And the Euro symbol isn't in the Insert, Symbol dropdown box. But I can get £ and ¥
So I copied the symbol from ckenb and pasted it in a Word document and I got a bold bullet.
So next I did the Alt-0128 and I got another bold bullet.
Tried €, and got €, in Word.
Tried Alt/control/5 and got a blank
And the Euro symbol isn't in the Insert, Symbol dropdown box. But I can get £ and ¥
Feb 17th, 2005, 11:26 AM
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<<There is a way that you can write out these escape sequences and not have them render the special characters, such as &euro;, without resorting to leaving spaces in the description and then saying "without the spaces.">>
I believe that the answer is right in the table you cited.
Use <b>&amp;</b> for the "&" and simply type the rest (i.e., "amp;"
And enclose the whole thing with... (let's see if this works, since it is undocumented on the list you cited)...
<b>‹B›</b> and <b>‹/B›</b>
Best wishes,
Rex
I believe that the answer is right in the table you cited.
Use <b>&amp;</b> for the "&" and simply type the rest (i.e., "amp;"
And enclose the whole thing with... (let's see if this works, since it is undocumented on the list you cited)...
<b>‹B›</b> and <b>‹/B›</b>
Best wishes,
Rex
Feb 17th, 2005, 11:37 AM
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janis, that's just ridiculous. I am only right about matters of <u>fact</u>, such as "Bose don't publish their specs." Anyone who says they do is wrong. I can back up any statement of fact I make.
But in matters of opinion, such as "I'd rather carry an iPAQ than a lot of books," I'm merely offering an alternative for anyone not set in their ways to try something different.
When someone asks for the "best" way to do something (such as how to get to London from Heathrow), I will specify what is "best" <i>to me</i> in terms of economy, speed, and ease, and fully acknowledge that others have different priorities.
If you read my post at 12:45 today, you will notice that I delineated fact and opinion.
I often beat horses and sieze bones (great metaphors, by the way - sometimes I beat the horses with the bones I have siezed) when people's responses reveal that they aren't getting it. So I explain it another way. Frequently, I give up.
But why should it matter to you, anyway?
But in matters of opinion, such as "I'd rather carry an iPAQ than a lot of books," I'm merely offering an alternative for anyone not set in their ways to try something different.
When someone asks for the "best" way to do something (such as how to get to London from Heathrow), I will specify what is "best" <i>to me</i> in terms of economy, speed, and ease, and fully acknowledge that others have different priorities.
If you read my post at 12:45 today, you will notice that I delineated fact and opinion.
I often beat horses and sieze bones (great metaphors, by the way - sometimes I beat the horses with the bones I have siezed) when people's responses reveal that they aren't getting it. So I explain it another way. Frequently, I give up.
But why should it matter to you, anyway?
Feb 17th, 2005, 11:55 AM
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