<html> <body> Dave, Check out some of the alt code links I posted earlier. They work! Forget the ascii stuff! Avery At 09:40 PM 6/3/2006, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">÷   This came up with alt 246, not "247."  This is what I get with 246:  Ü.  Nice smiley face....   Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net <a href="http://dstahlpiano.net/" eudora="autourl"> http://dstahlpiano.net/</a>     -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Sykes <thetuner@ivories52.com> To: schecter@pacbell.net; 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:34:42 -0700 Subject: RE: division sign <tt>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 <a href="http://ascii.cl/">http://ascii.cl/</a>. -- Geoff Sykes -- Assoc. Los Angeles -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces%40ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Mark Schecter Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 5:00 PM To: <a href="mailto:pianotuna%40yahoo.com">pianotuna@yahoo.com</a>; 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 </tt></blockquote></body> </html>