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Col Smith

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Useful shortcuts
06/29/12 at 17:06:01

For    ¼ hold Alt key & press       0188
For    ½    "       "       "          0189
For    ¾    "       "       "          0190
For    °       "       "       "          248 or 0176
For    ÷       "       "       "          0247
For    ±       "       "       "          0177
For    £       "       "       "          0163
For    ¢       "       "       "          0162

Hope this helps someone

Col

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JimQuarles WR Administrator WR Patron Online WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 10824 Gender:	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #1 - 06/29/12 at 17:28:29 You must use the numbers on the numeric keypad, not across the top of the keyboard.
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Rev. Doug Miller WR Patron Offline Working flat so I can support my addiction. Posts: 9602 Gender:	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #2 - 06/30/12 at 07:44:06 Very helpful. Now if I can find this list when I need a ° sign.
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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 7783	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #3 - 06/30/12 at 07:47:41 JimQuarles wrote on 06/29/12 at 17:28:29: You must use the numbers on the numeric keypad, not across the top of the keyboard. On some laptops use the FN key along with the Alt key and use the secondary set of number keys.
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Col Smith Junior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 27 Gender:	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #4 - 06/30/12 at 15:29:47 Rev. Doug Miller wrote on 06/30/12 at 07:44:06: Very helpful. Now if I can find this list when I need a ° sign. Cut & paste it into a Word document & either print it out & keep it handy, or save it to your Desktop. Col
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Len Layman WR Patron Online What have I got into?? Posts: 1711 Gender:	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #5 - 06/30/12 at 16:36:29 I was going to just memorize them but I forgot to.
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Cliff De Witt WR Devotee Offline Posts: 752 Gender:	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #6 - 07/01/12 at 07:54:16 Len Layman wrote on 06/30/12 at 16:36:29: I was going to just memorize them but I forgot to. That is funny, I was going to forget them but I have them memorized.
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David Hamann WR Global Moderator WR Patron Offline Be yourself-every one else is taken! Posts: 5360 Gender:	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #7 - 07/01/12 at 10:15:44 Len Layman wrote on 06/30/12 at 16:36:29: I was going to just memorize them but I forgot to. i memorize so that i can forget and i forget to memorize.
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JimQuarles WR Administrator WR Patron Online WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 10824 Gender:	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #8 - 07/01/12 at 11:42:03 And I forgot that I had memorized some of them.
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Ron Sardo WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Chief cook and bottle washer Posts: 7783	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #9 - 07/01/12 at 12:17:55 Did you ever use Windows Character Map?
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JimQuarles WR Administrator WR Patron Online WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 10824 Gender:	Re: Useful shortcuts Reply #10 - 07/01/12 at 12:26:24 A lot, until I memorized the more common ones I was using.
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