Bill,
In Microsoft Word, the key combination alt+0181 inserts an upright mu.
This is a cumbersome key combination, but it works.
Paul
Paul Trusten
On Mar 5, 2010, at 8:09 PM, Bill Hooper <billhoope...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mar 5 , at 6:05 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
On Friday 05 March 2010 17:36:29 Bill Hooper wrote:
... the same codes for various special characters ... like ...
the SI prefix micro-, l.c. mu (µ),
The mu is not actually a mu
(μ), ... but a micro sign (µ),
I find it difficult to comprehend the statement that "the mu is not
actually a mu (µ)". If it looks like a mu it's a mu. They may come i
n different styles (like italics, bold face, different type faces, e
tc.) but they are all mu's.
I note that GCPM specifies that SI symbols are written in upright
type (NOT italics) but I don't know the method of producing the mu
in upright; I have to use italics or nothing.
But it's still a mu, at least.
Furthermore, calling it the micro- sign is circular reasoning. The
symbol for micro- is DEFINED as the Greek lower case mu. Yes, it is
therefore the micro- symbol (by definition) but it is nevertheless
still a mu.
Old Saying:
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If it looks like a duck,
and it walks like a duck
and quacks like a duck,
it is probably A DUCK!
Bill Hooper
1810 mm tall
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
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