On 29/03/2008 11:52, James Knott wrote:
Harold Fuchs wrote:
On 28/03/2008 11:26, James Knott wrote:
Jack D. Lewis wrote:
In other words: ALT + 251 will give me a checkmark: √, but ALT+0251
gives me this: û
Curious. I just fired up XP on my notebook and neither method works
for me.
Did you (a) turn on Numlock *and* (b) enter the digits from the
numeric keypad? It only works if you do both those things.
That did it. On a notebook, there's no separate number pad, so I
rarely use it.
On many (most?) notebooks the "numeric keypad" is represented by a set
of keys with the numbers and mathematical symbols engraved on their
front (bevelled) edges. You activate them by turning on Numlock. But
it's a pest because you lose the keys' normal functionality. On some
notebooks the engraving is in blue indicating that you can achieve the
values with the Fn button.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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