division sign

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Nah I'll Just call you <G>
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Avery 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:09 PM
  Subject: Re: division sign


  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
    imatunr at srvinet.com
    www.mothergoosetools.com

      ----- Original Message ----- 

      From: piannaman at aol.com 

      To: 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:  Ão.  Nice smiley face....



      Dave Stahl





      Dave Stahl Piano Service

      650-224-3560

      dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net

      http://dstahlpiano.net/







      -----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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