From: "Sharon Koontz" <koontzs@HIT.NET>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Keyboard Shortcuts
> I received lots of inquiries... and here's some of the answers!!
> ----------------
> > > Hi my husband found this site
> > > http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/keyboards.htm
> > > We printed out four pages worth and laminated them!
> > > Nancy Kupferman
> > > GSLIS student and LM_NET lurker
> ----------------
> If you use insert special symbol you don't need to know keystrokes.
> I think there are lists of ascii values for the number assigned to a
symbol.
> Sandy
> -----------------
> Subject: =A2 on a Mac...
>
> But if you are on a MAC, you hold down the Option key and the number 4
(not
> on the numeric keypad) and you get the =3DA2 sign. (The 4 key with shift
is
> the $). For the rest on Mac:
>
>
> To get =3DE9: hold down the Option key, press e, let up on the option key
> and press e again (to get the similar marks on other letters including
> =3DF1, do the same thing with the respective letter)
>
> Experiment with combinations of Option, Option-Command (apple), etc., with
> the number keys to find different things. Also take a look at Keycaps,
which
> is part of the Mac OS system. Hold down the different keys when you have
> your favorite font selected and see what 'hidden' text items are there!
> --=3D20
> Barb Engvall
>
>
> > Well, heck...the nice little things I was demonstrating didn't come
> > through...must be part of Mr. Gates not supporting Macs entirely in
> > Entourage.=20
> >
> > So, to translate...the =3DA2 is the cents symbol
> >
> > The =3DE9 is the e with the accent
> > The =3DF1 is the n with the tilda
> >
> > Hope this helps...these DO work in a regular document. I guess they just
> > didn't translate!
> >
> > Barb
> >
> > > From: Barb Engvall <engvallb@ELLTEL.NET>
> -------------------
> The Macintosh uses a different character set than PCs. Word
> processing programs store the information about the characters
> used in a totally different manner than keyboard entry. If you really
> want to see the future of characters in computers and on the
> Internent, take a look at Unicode. <http://www.unicode.org>. It has
> a code for most of the characters of the languages on Earth... and
> almost approved a non-Earthly one. Klingon. <grin>.
>
> Dan Robinson
> HW Wilson Company
> Bronx, NY
> drobinson@hwwilson.com
>
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>
> Sharon Koontz
> K-12 LMS USD286
> Sedan KS 67361
> Home: koontzs@hit.net
> School: koontzs@usd286-sedan-ks.org
>
> I'm not organizationally challenged, I'm chaotically gifted!
>
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