How Do You Make a "§" Sign on DU? - Democratic Underground

On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:00 PM
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How Do You Make a "§" Sign on DU?

Craigslist uses it instead of "eom" or "n/t". I tend to like it better for that purpose, but don't know the keystrokes or whether it can be done. On Craigslist, it seems to be formed by typing "< - >".

§ § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § §

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BurtWorm

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:02 PM
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1. §

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On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:09 PM
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5. I Mean without Using Cut and Paste

which is what I did above. Or was there a hidden method you used?

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BurtWorm

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:23 PM
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10. I was just cutting and pasting.

:evilfrown:

I like that symbol. It looks like a hurricane.

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On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:26 PM
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13. I Didn't Think of It That Way

but I like to know how to do these things.

Did you see ET Awful's post below? You hold down control and type 0167. Seems to work, at least on a Windows PC.

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BurtWorm

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:28 PM
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14. It's not working for me.

Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 02:29 PM by BurtWorm

:wtf:

§

But alt-277 worked!

§

:thumbsup:

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Demit

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:03 PM
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2. §

Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 02:03 PM by DemItAllAnyway

§

on edit: Had to test it first. On a Mac, it's option-6.

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ET Awful

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:03 PM
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3. One way is to hold down the alt key and type in a 4 digit code

Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 02:05 PM by ET Awful

using the numeric keypad. Hold on and I will find the right 4 digit number for you.

Okay, just hold down your alt key and hit 0167 on your numeric keypad. §

I always used to use a three digit code, but I can't remember what that one was.

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On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:08 PM
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4. § -- Hey, It Works! Thanks!

Is there a library of those characters somewhere? I don't know how to search.

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ET Awful

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:19 PM
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7. It's basic ASCII

I did a search for "alt numeric keypad ascii" on Google and found it.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find the one with the three digit code I used to use. . .. WAIT, I found it!!!!

alt-277 (on the numeric keypad). That's the one :) §§§§§ Yay, it worked :).

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underpants

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:23 PM
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9. §

COOL!

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ET Awful

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:25 PM
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12. I used to have a chart printed up that had them all

but that was years ago.

This time I just went through them one by one alt-200, alt-201, etc. until I found it.

There's all kinds of neat and funky characters you can do using those alt-numbers :)

⌡÷≈∙√ⁿ↕▬↨↑↓→╞╟╔═╬╧

and so on :)

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On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:29 PM
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15. Thanks -- I Will Experiment

280 ↑
281 ↓
282 →
283 ←
284 ∟
285 ↔
286 ▲
287 ▼
288 (seems like the end of the character set)

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AllegroRondo

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:30 PM
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16. ‰Š

this is fun!

ô♫ô♫

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On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:46 PM
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18. If You Can Get to the Character Map Pop-Up

the shortcut is there in the lower right.

<--- RIGHT HERE!

However, I don't know how to get to this screen from Internet Explorer. Although the character map looks familiar, the source page seems to refer to menus from some other application.

http://members.aol.com/dwise1/sprachen/charmap.html

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ET Awful

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:53 PM
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22. That little program used to be part of Windows, I'm not sure if it still

is or not. It's called charmap.exe

There also used to be a way to pull that up from within Word Perfect back in the day.

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thedailyshow

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:09 PM
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6. hmm

< - >

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Kellanved

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:22 PM
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8. Hah - for once my keyboard layout is superior

§,@,ä,ü,ö,ß - I have 'em all right here :P

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underpants

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:23 PM
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11. How do you do the unside down Spanis ? thingy???

DS1 told me a while ago but I lost it.

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movie_girl99

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:46 PM
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17. i googled and found this

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011331361033.aspx

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On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:49 PM
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20. Great! At the Risk of Screen-Hogging, Here's the Full Set:

Alt +

128 Ç  192 └ 
129 ü  193 ┴ 
130 é  194 ┬ 
131 â  195 ├ 
132 ä  196 ─ 
133 à  197 ┼ 
134 å  198 ╞ 
135 ç  199 ╟ 
136 ê  200 ╚ 
137 ë  201 ╔ 
138 è  202 ╩ 
139 ï  203 ╦ 
140 î  204 ╠ 
141 ì  205 ═ 
142 Ä  206 ╬ 
143 Å  207 ╧ 
144 É  208 ╨ 
145 æ  209 ╤ 
146 Æ  210 ╥ 
147 ô  211 ╙ 
148 ö  212 Ô 
149 ò  213 ╒ 
150 û  214 ╓ 
151 ù  215 ╫ 
152 ÿ  216 ╪ 
153 Ö  217 ┘ 
154 Ü  218 ┌ 
155 ¢  219 █ 
156 £  220 ▄ 
157 ¥  221 ▌ 
158 ₧  222 ▐ 
159 ƒ  223 ▀ 
160 á  224 α 
161 í  225 ß 
162 ó  226 Γ 
163 ú  227 π 
164 ñ  228 Σ 
165 Ñ  229 σ 
166 ª  230 µ 
167 º  231 τ 
168 ¿  232 Φ 
169 ⌐  233 Θ 
170 ¬  234 Ω 
171 ½  235 δ 
172 ¼  236 ∞ 
173 ¡  237 φ 
174 «  238 ε 
175 »  239 ∩ 
176 ░  240 ≡ 
177 ▒  241 ± 
178 ▓  242 ≥ 
179 │  243 ≤ 
180 ┤  244 ⌠ 
181 ╡  245 ⌡ 
182 ╢  246 ÷ 
183 ╖  247 ≈ 
184 ╕  248 ≈ 
185 ╣  249 ∙ 
186 ║  250 · 
187 ╗  251 √ 
188 ╝  252 ⁿ 
189 ╜  253 ² 
190 ╛  254 ■ 
191 ┐  255

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On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 08:49 PM
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28. Look, You Can Even Put Text

╔═══════════════╗
║   In a box    ║ 
╚═══════════════╝

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underpants

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Tue Apr-05-05 03:10 PM
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24. ¿Que?

alt 168

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Spider Jerusalem

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:47 PM
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19. alt + 0191...

Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 02:48 PM by Spider Jerusalem

and if you're on a Windows machine, all of the keystroke combinations can be found by looking at the special characters in the Windows character map (under Start/Accessories/System Tools in XP and Win2K).

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On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:51 PM
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21. You Can Also Use it To Create a Hard Space

which is often useful for aligning columns and so forth. I often use "pre" in square brackets, but Alt+32 can also do single characters.

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underpants

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Tue Apr-05-05 03:27 PM
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26. „¦

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On the Road

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Tue Apr-05-05 02:57 PM
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23. Looks Like Alt + 168

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underpants

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Tue Apr-05-05 03:11 PM
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25. ¿¿ ¿ ¿

:bounce:

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mcscajun

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Tue Apr-05-05 04:50 PM
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27. The ones I use most frequently

Alt-
0133 …
0147 “
0148 ”
0150 –
0151 —
0176 °
0188 ¼
0189 ½
0190 ¾
0225 á
0226 â
0231 ç
0232 è
0233 é
0234 ê
0241 ñ
0244 ô

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