<html> <body> 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: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">ï»¿ Ã· 246 Now how am I to remember that? Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools <a href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</a> <a href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com/" eudora="autourl"> www.mothergoosetools.com</a> <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- <dd>From: <a href="mailto:piannaman@aol.com">piannaman@aol.com</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> <dd>Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:40 PM <dd>Subject: Re: division sign <dd>Ã· <dd>  <dd>This came up with alt 246, not "247."  This is what I get with 246:  Ãœ.  Nice smiley face.... <dd>  <dd>Dave Stahl <dd>Dave Stahl Piano Service <dd>650-224-3560 <dd><a href="mailto:dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net"> dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net</a> <dd><a href="http://dstahlpiano.net/" eudora="autourl"> http://dstahlpiano.net/</a> <dd>  <dd>  <dd>-----Original Message----- <dd>From: Geoff Sykes <<a href="mailto:thetuner@ivories52.com">thetuner@ivories52.com</a> > <dd>To: <a href="mailto:schecter@pacbell.net">schecter@pacbell.net</a>; 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org> <dd>Sent: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:34:42 -0700 <dd>Subject: RE: division sign <dd><tt>I think you guys are talking about two different division signs. The one the <dd>keyboard has no trouble with is "/". However, a real division sign "Ã·" is an <dd>ascii character that has no keyboard equivalent on any keyboard, Mac or <dd>Windows, that I've ever seen. The ascii equivalent of this character is <dd>"247". The easiest way to enter it into an email, at least on a Windows <dd>machine, is to hold down the ALT key and enter the number "247" and let go <dd>of the alt key. That's how I did it above. This will work with pretty much <dd>any ascii character that is a) available in the font you are using, and b) <dd>isn't also a control code. However, you MUST use the numeric keypad for this <dd>to work. The numbers keys above the letters are a different keyboard code <dd>and will not generate the character symbols. <dd>Another good website for both ascii character codes and extended ascii codes <dd>for html is <a href="http://ascii.cl/">http://ascii.cl/</a>. <dd>-- Geoff Sykes <dd>-- Assoc. Los Angeles <dd>-----Original Message----- <dd>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 <dd>Of Mark Schecter <dd>Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 5:00 PM <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotuna%40yahoo.com">pianotuna@yahoo.com</a>; Pianotech List <dd>Subject: Re: division sign <dd>Don wrote: <dd>> Hi Dave, <dd>> <dd>> One would use the ascii code. Here is a web site for some of them. <dd>> <dd>Is this really true? You mean you can't type the division sign in Windows <dd>XP? Ten years after Windows 95? If so, this kind of malarkey is <dd>an example of why some people prefer Macintosh. How in the Sam Hill can <dd>a company with the brain mass of Microsoft not figure a way to allow use <dd>of the division sign that has been available since Remington made <dd>typewriters? Is it possible nobody asked? Uh, I don't think so ... <dd>-Mark Schecter </tt> </dl></blockquote></body> </html>