Just a minor point: The ellipsis used by printers is typographically distinct from three periods; the latter is just a typewriter convention for representing a character that typewriters didn't carry. This is similar to the relationship between the typographer's "curly quotes" and typewriter "straight quotes"; the latter were invented for typewriting, and then adopted into early computer systems.
Historically, Macintoshes were among the first computers to include support for these "typographically-correct" characters as a matter of course. -- Joshua On 3/23/02 3:52 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/23/02 3:32 PM, "Beth Rosengard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Eric, >> >> That's a great tip and where did you find it? I once printed out what I >> thought were all the keyboard shortcuts and it's not on there. I also just >> checked Apple Help and Word Help under keyboard shortcuts and didn't find >> it. Just curious: There might be a few more I don't know about and could >> use. >> >> I am also finding Allen Watson's "Undo" (Command>Z) tip very useful since it >> works on any and all AutoCorrect actions. It's really handy! >> >> Thanks to you both. >> >> Beth >> >> >> On 3/22/02 10:23 AM, "Eric Hildum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> You might try using the ellipsis "�" (option-semicolon) character directly, >>> instead of simulating it with three periods. > > option-semicolon for "�" is not exactly a keyboard shortcut, Beth. It's a > standard character on the Mac, like shift-f types "F" and option-7 types "�" > in most fonts. It's just how you do it. It was probably invented by some Mac > programmer to save character space. (There are, and used to be a lot more, > situations where there's a limit on how many characters you're allowed - > like 255 for a standard 'display dialog' alert window.) > > In OS 7/8/9, you can investigate these with the Key Caps utility in the > Apple menu, Hold down option key, shift and option keys, etc. Switch fonts > in the Font menu, etc. In OS X, you find Key Caps in Applications/Utilities. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
