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

2016-03-03 Thread Julian Thomas
> On Mar 3, 2016, at 17:40, Dale Erwin wrote: > > Most people these days don't know what OS/2 is. They think it is some past > release of OSX. I ran eCS until a year or so ago when I bought a new > computer and it wouldn't install. That was 2.0 and my subscription ran out > before 2.1 was

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

2016-03-03 Thread Dale Erwin
On 3/2/2016 10:41 PM, Martin Rosenfeld wrote: If he really is running OS/2 (I think eComStation is the current rendition) he will probably have to change his code page. But I don't think the eComStation (eCS) version of Open Office is handled by Apache and he should probably ask on the eCS maili

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 comm

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 Fre

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

2016-03-02 Thread Martin Rosenfeld
If he really is running OS/2 (I think eComStation is the current rendition) he will probably have to change his code page. But I don't think the eComStation (eCS) version of Open Office is handled by Apache and he should probably ask on the eCS mailing list. I am running eCS but am getting used

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 eCo

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). > > On Mac OSX standard U. S.

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 lo

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 s

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 ad

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 + c

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. > S

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

2016-03-02 Thread Gerry Dutchie
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. Sincerely Gerrit On Tuesday, 1 March 2016, 23:55, James Knott wrote: On 03/01/2016 04:17 PM, Dale

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 "Character Map Utility" that came

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 came > installed on your computer when you

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 the MS website to find out how to us