division sign

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÷
 
This came up with alt 246, not "247."  This is what I get with 246:  Ü.  Nice smiley face....
 
Dave Stahl




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-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Sykes <thetuner at ivories52.com>
To: 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/. 

-- Geoff Sykes
-- Assoc. Los Angeles




-----Original Message-----
From: 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: 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
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