*Anyone correct me if I'm wrong* U codes are for unicode symbols. Unicode isn't supported in FM versions prior to 8.
Go to the online help and type "alt+" into the search to see what the FM codes for the Greek letters that you want. In addition, try using your Windows Character Map tool (I place this on my desktop) for Alt codes supported by your system. You can find this in Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools. HTH, Nadine --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Nancy Allison <ma...@verizon.net> wrote: > From: Nancy Allison <ma...@verizon.net> > Subject: Symbol Weirdness > To: awar...@synaptics.com > Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com > Received: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 3:08 PM > Hi, all, especially Andrew Warren. > > Back long ago in March, we had a discussion about morphing > symbols. Andrew explained how Symbol characters can be > stripped out, resulting in strange-to-downright-dangerous > results. (Ohm to capital W? OK. Mu to lowercase m? > Dangerous.) > > Andrew said that he sometimes unwillingly gave permission > to use these codes for the regular font, such as Times New > Roman: > > > > "Every once in a while, someone actually needs a real > "micro" or "ohm" symbol in his document. In those cases, I'm > okay -- barely -- with the use of the "micro" (U+00B5, > ALT-0181) and "ohm" (U+2126, ALT-8486) or "omega" (U+03A9, > ALT-0937) characters from whatever regular font he's > using." > > > > I am using Framemaker 7.1 on Windows XP SP3. I have just > tried all three ALT codes. For ALT-0181 I get a mu as > advertised. For ALT-8486 I get an ampersand, and for > ALT-0937 I get the copyright symbol. > > Two questions: > > 1. Why don't I get the symbols Andrew mentions? > > 2. How do you use the U codes, anyway? I've never used > them. > > Thanks, all. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. > > Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. > Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and > info. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
