Re: [WinMac] Characters and Bullets

Carver Washburn(clwashburn[at]worldnet.att.net)
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:23:56 -0500

Harrison, Stacey wrote:
>
> Hi all - I'm new to the list so don't know if this question has been covered
> before - be patient please...
>
> I do graphics and am starting the transfer process from Mac to PC (another
> corporate edict). I recently started using the Win version of Freehand 8
> and was needing to use some special characters (Kep Caps) such as bullets
> and letters with accent marks over them, etc.
>
> On the Mac these can easily be found with a the Key Caps program and used
> across all programs. But on the PC I'm having trouble. When I checked the
> character map all I get is cryptic messages like "Alt 0183" for a certain
> character (in this case a bullet) and when I tried to just copy and paste it
> into my Freehand file, it didn't come in correctly and wouldn't resize.
> Help! Is there some way to figure out the keystrokes (assuming there must
> be some)????
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Stacey

Response:

The 'Alt 0183' on the PC is commanded by concurrently pressing the 'Alt'
and keying in through the NUMERIC KEYPAD '0183'. As you surmised, the
'Alt 0183' is the character code for the symbol you chose. The symbol,
itself, will be inserted where the cursor is placed. Resizing the symbol
can be done at that point as with any character (in Quark, Word, etc.)

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