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- From: "Cheryl Renshaw" c*@wr-architect.com
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:26:59 -0800
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There is a way to get to the more obscure ASCII characters (such as €) on a
laptop keyboard without a separate number keypad. On the keyboard, you may
have a Function key (Fn on my keyboard). If you hold it down AND the ALT key
down, type 0128, and release the keys, you get the euro symbol. The trick,
however, is that you don't use the regular numbers across the top of the
keyboard. Oh, no! That would be too obvious. If you look at the M, J, K, L,
U, I, and O keys, you may see a small number in the corner of each key (0-6
respectively; 7-9 are on their respective number keys). This is the laptop
equivalent of a keypad. With the function key down, the keypad is available.
So Fn-Alt-MJK8 is the euro symbol.
I hope I haven't made this even more confusing. Alternatively, in Windows
there's always the Character Map software (and Key Caps on the Mac).
Cheryl
Santa Clara, California
(currently deep in a search for an upright, evergreen, high-branching,
non-littering, non-paving-bending, hypo-allergenic medium-sized tree for a
project...any suggestions? Sympathy is also gratefully accepted!) =)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> [o*@ucdavis.edu]On Behalf Of DeFato, Joan
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:04 AM
> To: 'lizwat@earthlink.net'; MEDIT-PLANTS@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: RE: Euro symbol
>
>
> I didn't think about it because I key in ASCII codes on the
> number pad with
> number lock on, but it doesn't work with the numbers on the
> regular part of
> the keyboard.
> Joan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Waterman [l*@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 3:23 PM
> To: MEDIT-PLANTS@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: Euro symbol
>
>
> Back to the Euro
>
>
> > €€ Alt 0128 Try it with the numbers on the right side of
> > the keyboard. Hold the alt key down while pressing
> > the numbers on the numeric pad.
>
> > I don't know how you do it with a laptop or if you can.
> >
>
> > Liz
