Hi All.

Recently I received an e-mail from a friend, who didn't know how to
implement the degree sign, (ø) into the message, but had to copy and
paste the geographical location from another source.

In extended ASCII (PC8) I get it by pressing the Right Alt-key while
entering 248 on the numerical keyboard.

In Windows I get it while pressing the left Alt-key and entering 0176 on
the numerical keyboard.

The degree sign is used in positions, both nautical and geographical, as
well as with temperatures and mathematical angles.

Some keyboards do have direct access to the degree sign, some don't.
If there's direct access, the degree sign is also printed on a key, and
usually accessed with the help of an Alt-key.

All Windows code pages don't include the 'long hyphen' sign, but for
example CP1004 (Windows Extended) as well as CP1252 (Latin 1 Windows) do
and it may also be accessed with the key combo Alt 0151 from other
Windows code pages.

None of above information could be found in any Windows Word or Works
manuals, but I had to find it in the IBM OS/2 Warp 4 "Keyboards and Code
Pages" manual.


Have a nice day,

Holger

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