Terry Simpson wrote: >Got it! Thanks. My Dell laptop has no separate numeric keypad, they are >embedded in the middle and accessed via a Fn key. So I have to hold down Fn >and hold down Alt then press keys 0,1,2,8 in succession. The >number does not appear until I release the Alt and Fn key.
That's normal. Even with a conventional numeric keypad, the character (not number) only appears when you release the Alt key. My laptop is also a Dell. However, almost all laptops have the same layout for the ersatz numeric keypad. Pressing NumLock first is actually more useful for sustained use of those particular number keys, allowing, for example, one-handed calculator operation (using Windows Calculator). Alt+Fn is an easy combination, too, of course -- forefinger and middle finger. >>I note that your encoding was set for Cyrillic Windows. > >Ooo. This must be a feature of Outlook. How do I change the setting? To change your default (In Outlook 2000): Tools>Options>Mail Format>International.Options ... You can also change the encoding of unmarked incoming messages. For Outlook Express 6, it's Tools>Options>Send>International Settings ... Outlook Express doesn't provide the same flexibility for incoming messages as Outlook 2000 (try Tools>Options>Read>International Settings ... to see what I mean). In both Outlook 2000 and Outlook Express, you can, regardless of the default, change the encoding of a specific message (e.g., a reply to a message whose encoding you don't like), via Format>Encoding. You can also use that to override your own default setting for any message you compose. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
