Joe, Don't try to remember that if you want a ÷ sign. If you want it, just download one of the alt code links I posted and refer to that when you want a fraction, accent, or whatever. Like Bösendorfer! Avery At 09:57 PM 6/3/2006, you wrote: > >÷ 246 >Now how am I to remember that? >Joe Goss RPT >Mother Goose Tools ><mailto:imatunr at srvinet.com>imatunr at srvinet.com >www.mothergoosetools.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:piannaman at aol.com>piannaman at aol.com >To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>pianotech at ptg.org >Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:40 PM >Subject: Re: division sign > >÷ > >This came up with alt 246, not "247." This is >what I get with 246: Ã. Nice smiley face.... > >Dave Stahl > > > > >Dave Stahl Piano Service >650-224-3560 ><mailto:dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net>dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net >http://dstahlpiano.net/ > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Geoff Sykes <<mailto:thetuner at ivories52.com>thetuner at ivories52.com> >To: ><mailto:schecter at pacbell.net>schecter at pacbell.net; >'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:34:42 -0700 >Subject: RE: division sign > > >I think you guys are talking about two different division signs. The one the >keyboard has no trouble with is "/". However, a real division sign "÷" is an >ascii character that has no keyboard equivalent on any keyboard, Mac or >Windows, that I've ever seen. The ascii equivalent of this character is >"247". The easiest way to enter it into an email, at least on a Windows >machine, is to hold down the ALT key and enter the number "247" and let go >of the alt key. That's how I did it above. This will work with pretty much >any ascii character that is a) available in the font you are using, and b) >isn't also a control code. However, you MUST use the numeric keypad for this >to work. The numbers keys above the letters are a different keyboard code >and will not generate the character symbols. > >Another good website for both ascii character codes and extended ascii codes >for html is <http://ascii.cl/>http://ascii.cl/. > >-- Geoff Sykes >-- Assoc. Los Angeles > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: ><mailto:pianotech-bounces%40ptg.org>pianotech-bounces at ptg.org >[mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Mark Schecter >Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 5:00 PM >To: <mailto:pianotuna%40yahoo.com>pianotuna at yahoo.com; Pianotech List >Subject: Re: division sign > > > > >Don wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > > > One would use the ascii code. Here is a web site for some of them. > > > >Is this really true? You mean you can't type the division sign in Windows >XP? Ten years after Windows 95? If so, this kind of malarkey is >an example of why some people prefer Macintosh. How in the Sam Hill can >a company with the brain mass of Microsoft not figure a way to allow use >of the division sign that has been available since Remington made >typewriters? Is it possible nobody asked? Uh, I don't think so ... > >-Mark Schecter > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060603/b774941d/attachment.html
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