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Message no. 1
From: Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca
Subject: Alternate characters(was: Nuyen sign)
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 14:48:02 -0400
"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to hivemind."
] I believe it depends on the font that you're using. In most common
] commercial Windows True Type fonts (i.e. Ariel, Times New Roman, etc) the
] code is Alt0165. Windows has a useful and almost undocumented (like almost
] everything cool in Windows) application called Character Map. This shows
] all characters in a font, and the Alt### code to use them. Most fonts have
] characters that a simple keystroke won't produce. BTW, Character Map is in
] Win3.1+, 95, 98, and NT.
] hivemind

For some reason, I have to use the character map for everything.
When I press Alt+0165, with NumLock on or off, I get a bunch
of beeps, and nothin' happens. I don't know whether there's
some setting I need to change in Windows 95 or what, but I can't
even make a Macro (in WordPerfect) because of this.

Scott
Message no. 2
From: Wordman wordman@*******.com
Subject: Alternate characters(was: Nuyen sign)
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 20:06:49 -0500
> "And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to hivemind."
> ] I believe it depends on the font that you're using. In most common
> ] commercial Windows True Type fonts (i.e. Ariel, Times New Roman, etc) the
> ] code is Alt0165.

Nearly all Mac fonts generate the yen symbol with option-y.

Wordman

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