> > Holding down the Alt key and typing 0169 on the numeric keypad also
prints
> > "?" in just about any Windoze wp or dtp application, including Outlook
> > Express. The Alt, keypad and a four-digit number can produce most of
the
> > range of a character set. Is this generally known? I only discovered it
> > while learning to use PageMaker 5 but haven't seen it mentioned since.
> >
That's been a feature of MS-DOS & Windows since '81 and v1.1. Perhaps v1.0
as well -- I wasn't in Microsoft-land when it was popular. Back then,
however, you only had to type 3 digits.
Dave
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|