Stan: I'm not sure I like the idea of using enclosing quotes as part of the sequence to be replaced by auto-correction. I use auto-correction myself (in MS Word 2003) for a number of things. For example, to create an em-dash, I type -em-. For an en-dash, I type -en-. The point about those is that short sequences enclosed by hyphens don't normally appear in text, meaning that one is therefore unlikely to get an unwanted auto-correction. Using the same logic, one could use -mu- to create a µ. As the omega is always used as the symbol for ohm, the sequence to create it would be -ohm-. Superscripted 2's and 3's can similarly be -2- and -3-. Bear in mind, in those two cases, that most fonts already include a superscripted 2 and 3. Thus, they don't require that one use the superscript font property on an ordinary 2 or 3. For this reason, I see no need to create special cases for square meters and cubic meters. Of course, I do most of the special characters by the use of the US International keyboard layout. For µ, I simply type Ctrl+Alt+m. For ² and ³, I type Ctrl+Alt+2 and Ctrl+Alt+3, respectively. If I want to talk about the famous Swedish scientist, Ångstrom, and his now-deprecated unit, ångstrom, I use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+w for the first letter of his name and Ctrl+Alt+w for the first letter of the unit. Best regards, Bill _____
Bill Potts W <http://wfpconsulting.com/> FP Consulting Roseville, CA <http://metric1.org/> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stan Jakuba Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 09:46 To: U.S. Metric Association; SCC14 IEEE Subject: SI symbols typing Complementing the attachment "SI Writing Rules" I sent last week, I am forwarding the method for typing SI symbols via the Autocorrect feature of the MSWord. The method may look cumbersome, but after you set one of the shortcuts, repeating the procedure a dozen times for all the symbols you often use is a breeze and the benefit of the effort lasts forever. Not having tried the latest MSWord and Vista, I am curious to know whether those can be set up the same or an easier way or needs no setup at all. Stan Jakuba
