Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-03 Thread Dale Erwin
mailing list. I am running eCS but am getting used to calling it OS/2 again because there is another distro of OS/2 about to come on line at present called Blue Lion. I use Adobe OpenOffice for OS/2 and can now make a euro symbol with alt+213 (but not with altGR+213). It's been interesting how you

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2016-03-02, 11:06 PM Martin Groenescheij wrote: Do not worry about the Euro when the Eurozone collapses we need different symbols. Thank you for the very useful and informative comment.  During Feb-16 and Mar-16 a lot wrote: About the Euro __ --

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Do not worry about the Euro when the Eurozone collapses we need different symbols. During Feb-16 and Mar-16 a lot wrote: About the Euro - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread James Knott
On 03/02/2016 10:41 PM, Martin Rosenfeld wrote: > It's been interesting how you guys have been arguing about Windows and > Linux and even Apple systems when I originally asked a question about OS/2 You may recall I mentioned how I used to provide OS/2 support at IBM and worked with English and

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Martin Rosenfeld
used to calling it OS/2 again because there is another distro of OS/2 about to come on line at present called Blue Lion. I use Adobe OpenOffice for OS/2 and can now make a euro symbol with alt+213 (but not with altGR+213). It's been interesting how you guys have been arguing about Windows and Linux

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/1/2016 7:15 AM, James Knott wrote: If he's running Windows (I thought the OP said OS/2), it's a simple matter to select the U.S International layout, to get the € symbol and many others. You can even enable multiple layouts and switch among them. If he really is running OS/2 (I think

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Dave
Original Message From: Samuel Ogle Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 16:05:08 -0500 > >> On Mar 2, 2016, at 9:04 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: >> This works for me in both AOO & LO under Windows & Linux (presumably it would also work for OSX & OS2). > >

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Dave
Original Message From: James Knott Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 07:19:25 -0500 > On 03/02/2016 06:07 AM, Dave Barton wrote: >>> For anyone who's good at touch typing, that would slow them down. >> FWIW: I frequently need to type the € character on a standard US >> keyboard and for a

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread James Knott
On 03/02/2016 09:04 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: > Even with the US International keyboard (which is what I use also), > not all fonts have all the characters. I use US International > keyboard layout so that I can write documents in Spanish and Italian > as well as English. But you still have to make

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Samuel Ogle
> On Mar 2, 2016, at 9:04 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: > >>> This works for me in >>> both AOO & LO under Windows & Linux (presumably it would also work for >>> OSX & OS2). On Mac OSX standard U. S. keyboard use shift + option + 2. Sam

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/2/2016 7:19 AM, James Knott wrote: On 03/02/2016 06:07 AM, Dave Barton wrote: For anyone who's good at touch typing, that would slow them down. FWIW: I frequently need to type the € character on a standard US keyboard and for a long time have used the "AutoCorrect -> Replace" option, by

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread James Knott
On 03/02/2016 06:07 AM, Dave Barton wrote: >> For anyone who's good at touch typing, that would slow them down. > FWIW: I frequently need to type the € character on a standard US > keyboard and for a long time have used the "AutoCorrect -> Replace" > option, by adding :?: (colon + question mark +

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-02 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Gerry Dutchie Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 09:50:18 + (UTC) > Yes that's right, using US international keyboard under Windows,€ can be > made using right Alt-key + 5 (number key with % sign on it).Right Alt key on > some keyboards also known as Alt Gr. >

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-01 Thread James Knott
On 03/01/2016 04:17 PM, Dale Erwin wrote: > What's wrong with Insert > Special Character. It's available in > writer and calc, but I don't know about the other components. For anyone who's good at touch typing, that would slow them down.

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-01 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/1/2016 7:15 AM, James Knott wrote: On 02/29/2016 11:41 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote: No need to do anything "special" to get "special" characters (like the euro symbol) if you're using any Microsoft OS, from Windows XP up to Windows 7. Just use the Windows "Charact

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-03-01 Thread James Knott
On 02/29/2016 11:41 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote: > No need to do anything "special" to get "special" characters (like the > euro symbol) if you're using any Microsoft OS, from Windows XP up to > Windows 7. Just use the Windows "Character Map Utility" that

Re: Euro Symbol...?--Euro Symbol?--"No Prob" for Windows

2016-02-29 Thread Anthony J. Rudgers
No need to do anything "special" to get "special" characters (like the euro symbol) if you're using any Microsoft OS, from Windows XP up to Windows 7. Just use the Windows "Character Map Utility" that came installed on your computer when you bought it. Visit

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-29 Thread Maurice Howe
a five digit code). For instance, ALT + 12556 = ♀, ALT + 2556 = ³, ALT + 0255 = ÿ and so on. If you Google "alt key codes", you'll find many other sources. Maurice Howe On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Martin Rosenfeld <rosenfel...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > Thanks all who r

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-29 Thread Maurice Howe
fel...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > Thanks all who responded. I can now get the euro symbol in eCS (OS/2) as > Alt+213. I will try changing to International English KB and finding a way > to define a AltGR which

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread James Knott
On 02/28/2016 03:17 PM, Martin Rosenfeld wrote: > I did say what system I am using. I said OS/2 (eCS2.2b2). OS/2 is an > operating system like Windows x or Linux. I am quite familiar with OS/2, having used it for several years and also supported it at IBM Canada. You have to use a keyboard

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread Martin Rosenfeld
I did say what system I am using. I said OS/2 (eCS2.2b2). OS/2 is an operating system like Windows x or Linux. Martin On 02/28/16 11:40 am, doug wrote: On 02/28/2016 01:33 PM, Martin Rosenfeld wrote: Hi, I use Apache OO 4.1.2 in OS/2 (eCS22b2). I cannot find a euro symbol to insert

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:12:53 -0800 Martin Rosenfeld wrote: > Matthias, > > I understand "Alt + E", but how would I type AltGr + E. I don't > understand "Gr". > > Martin > AltGr key is the Alt key immediately to the right of spacebar on most keyboards. -- Rory

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread Matthias Seidel
AltGr is the key right of space. (Rechts von der Leertaste) Am 28.02.2016 um 21:12 schrieb Martin Rosenfeld: Matthias, I understand "Alt + E", but how would I type AltGr + E. I don't understand "Gr". Martin - To unsubscribe,

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread Martin Rosenfeld
Matthias, I understand "Alt + E", but how would I type AltGr + E. I don't understand "Gr". Martin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread doug
On 02/28/2016 01:33 PM, Martin Rosenfeld wrote: Hi, I use Apache OO 4.1.2 in OS/2 (eCS22b2). I cannot find a euro symbol to insert into a document in insert--special characters in any of my fonts. Is this because I don't know where to look or because eCS doesn't supply a font with a euro

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:33:08 -0800 Martin Rosenfeld <rosenfel...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I use Apache OO 4.1.2 in OS/2 (eCS22b2). I cannot find a euro symbol to > insert into a document in insert--special characters in any of my fonts. > Is this because I don

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread Matthias Seidel
I'm still using an older version of eComStation (OS/2) but normally I type "AltGr + E" to get the euro-symbol €. This is the standard behaviour on all systems where I use OpenOffice (Windows, Linux, OS/2) regards Matthias Seidel Am 28.02.2016 um 19:33 schrieb Martin Rosenfeld:

Re: Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread jd1008
On 02/28/2016 11:33 AM, Martin Rosenfeld wrote: Hi, I use Apache OO 4.1.2 in OS/2 (eCS22b2). I cannot find a euro symbol to insert into a document in insert--special characters in any of my fonts. Is this because I don't know where to look or because eCS doesn't supply a font with a euro

Euro Symbol...?

2016-02-28 Thread Martin Rosenfeld
Hi, I use Apache OO 4.1.2 in OS/2 (eCS22b2). I cannot find a euro symbol to insert into a document in insert--special characters in any of my fonts. Is this because I don't know where to look or because eCS doesn't supply a font with a euro or something else? Martin Rosenfeld