[at-l] OK, Wise Ones---

[Arthur Gaudet]

Oh, the world is going to opening up for you today!
 
Are you using MS Word? Open your document, place the cursor somewhere, and then go to the Insert menu, pull down to Symbol and a dialog will open up for you. Pick an item, click on Insert and you've got it. If you continue to type from that location you may get a lot of funny stuff unless you go back to your original font. You can always change font by highlighting the script and then selecting a different font in your font pulldown (this also works in MS Outlook).
 
for example: "Mango met me at Lakes of the Clouds hut in 1998." becomes 
"Mango met me at Lakes of the Clouds hut in 1998." (Symbol) or 
"***** *** ** ** :-(**** ** *** ****** *** ** ****." (Wingdings)
 
√ -- this is the Square root sign you mentioned. (I'm in Times New Roman font)

♠ - black spade

♫ - music note

Ò - register symbol  (symbol font)

Ó - copyright symbol (symbol font)

Ô - trademark symbol (symbol font)

þ - this one is in wingdings font (you change fonts in the upper left hand box)

R - this is from wingdings2 font

 

Enjoy, you can have a lot of fun with this stuff, including drawing all sorts of things . --RockDancer 


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From: at-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:at-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Leslie Booher
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:25 AM
To: at-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [at-l] OK, Wise Ones---


How do you make a check mark on the computer?  The closest I could find was a square root symbol, and I couldn't figure out the instructions for doing that: U+221A.  Low tech here.  And while I have your attention, Merry Christmas, fellow hikers.  May your paths be soft and your packs light.  
 
anklebear
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