Hello Allie, On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:56:37 -0500 GMT (12/01/03, 08:56 +0700 GMT), Allie Martin wrote:
MA>> So, open up character map, note down all the alt+number combinations MA>> you need into a text file and print it out and sit it by your MA>> computer. It's not rocket science ;-) > ... and why do you bother to use a computer to do things that you can do > manually without it being rocket science???? The elegant thing is to use a mixture of computer and non-computer aids. I really love computers as a tool to simplify life. But they are not all there is, and in fact, I had a sheet with the alt-codes for the German umlauts printed out and sitting by the screen for several years (now I just don't use umlauts any more). I find it a lot easier to simply glance onto that sheet and hit the alt-num combinations than using additional software, writing macros and whatnot. You know about my background in computing and know that I could have used or written a software solution; it is not lack of knowledge but it is preference and choice that led me to using the low-tech approach. ;-) > It's *easier*. > I use a macro tool to make life easier. Cuts out the manual labour. I dare say people work in different ways. > I guess I'm not in a good mood this evening. <sigh> ;-) -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry? Message reply created with The Bat! 1.63 Beta/2 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
