Guest guest Posted December 20, 2002 Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 I don't understand -- I tried this both in my Internet software (Compuserve) and in Microsoft Word, and got nothing. Can you explain further? Thanks, J.I. Abbot In a message dated 12/21/2002 5:07:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, makara (AT) ntlworld (DOT) com writes: Hold down your ALT key and type 0176 27°54 Virgo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Picked this up from another Sidereal list - to get the "Degree symbol" - Hold down your ALT key and type 0176 27°54 Virgo ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 17/12/2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Dear Jesse, Not sure if it works there - I am using Outlook Express, and it works ok there. Sateesh. ======== - Jiabbot (AT) cs (DOT) com gjlist Saturday, December 21, 2002 12:40 PM Re: [GJ] Testing - degree symbol Hi,I don't understand -- I tried this both in my Internet software (Compuserve) and in Microsoft Word, and got nothing.Can you explain further?Thanks,J.I. AbbotIn a message dated 12/21/2002 5:07:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, makara (AT) ntlworld (DOT) com writes: Hold down your ALT key and type 0176 27°54 Virgo Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya; Hare Krishna; Om Tat SatTo , send an email to: gjlist-http://www.goravani.comYour use of is subject to the ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.431 / Virus Database: 242 - Release Date: 17/12/2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Had ta rub it in, didn't'ja? JIA In a message dated 12/21/2002 11:23:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, das (AT) goravani (DOT) com writes: One of the great advantages of Macintosh. No alt-number typing.... We have the "option" key... it was designed to give the upper ascii characters... so for that nice degree symbol we hold down option and hit zero º bing same for copyright symbol, and so many symbols here's one finger running on the number keys while I hold down option on my Macintosh ¡  £ ¢ ƒ § ¶ € ª º no numbers needed to be memorized or typed, now how smart isn't billy gates? (that's Macintosh, that's right, read it over and over and over and feel your hate for the better computer, feel your envy, let me make it worse... G3, G3, G3... and that's not even current, boy, bet you're ready to kill now huh....) nanny nanny nanny goat can't catch a billy goat.... my computers high ascii access capabilities can beat up yours... by degrees and symbology no less... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 One of the great advantages of Macintosh. No alt-number typing.... We have the "option" key... it was designed to give the upper ascii characters... so for that nice degree symbol we hold down option and hit zero º bing same for copyright symbol, and so many symbols here's one finger running on the number keys while I hold down option on my Macintosh ¡ £ ¢ ƒ § ¶ € ª º no numbers needed to be memorized or typed, now how smart isn't billy gates? (that's Macintosh, that's right, read it over and over and over and feel your hate for the better computer, feel your envy, let me make it worse... G3, G3, G3... and that's not even current, boy, bet you're ready to kill now huh....) nanny nanny nanny goat can't catch a billy goat.... my computers high ascii access capabilities can beat up yours... by degrees and symbology no less... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Ok, for those of us with lower functional machines (Winders, not Linux), the degree sign can be either an alternate font (Windings, for example) or can be used by superscripting the letter "o", lower case. -- John (Resident geek) TM is (the ending space is necessary) in Word with AutoFormat (Format | Autoformat) as well as many of the other special symbols/ (Now returning to geekland) *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 12/21/02 at 8:25 AM Das Goravani wrote: >One of the great advantages of Macintosh. > >No alt-number typing.... > >We have the "option" key... it was designed to give the upper ascii >characters... > >so for that nice degree symbol we hold down option and hit zero º > >bing > >same for copyright symbol, and so many symbols > >here's one finger running on the number keys while I hold down option on my >Macintosh > >¡ £ ¢ ƒ § ¶ € ª º > >no numbers needed to be memorized or typed, now how smart isn't billy >gates? > >(that's Macintosh, that's right, read it over and over and over and feel >your hate for the better computer, feel your envy, let me make it worse... >G3, G3, G3... and that's not even current, boy, bet you're ready to kill >now >huh....) > >nanny nanny nanny goat can't catch a billy goat.... > >my computers high ascii access capabilities can beat up yours... > >by degrees and symbology no less... > > > > > >Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya; Hare Krishna; Om Tat Sat >: gjlist- > > > >Your use of is subject to Strange but stupid: "One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs" (Weren't Roman C programs always 500 lines long?) John F (Jack) Melka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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