cent symbol; was: "Tooth Fairy"

[Anne Gilbert]

Dave

I hope this isn't too idiotic a question, but how do you install the
shortcut on the taskbar?
Anne G
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From: "Dave Wilton" <dave at WILTON.NET>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: cent symbol; was: "Tooth Fairy"


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> Poster:       Dave Wilton <dave at WILTON.NET>
> Subject:      Re: cent symbol;  was: "Tooth Fairy"
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> Windows has a useful function called "Character Map." You can find it
under
> Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools. It lists all the characters for
all
> the fonts installed on your machine. It gives you ready access to any
number
> of useful symbols, like ¢ © ë ð. It's not as handy as having them on the
> keyboard itself, but for infrequently used symbols it's a good tool.
>
> I've got a shortcut to the Character Map installed on the task bar at the
> bottom of the computer screen so I have ready access to it.
>
> --Dave Wilton
>   dave at wilton.net
>   http://www.wilton.net
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> > Of Gwyn Alcock
> > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 7:21 PM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: cent symbol; was: "Tooth Fairy"
> >
> >
> > Just an experiment: ¢¢¢¢¢
> > If the symbols above read as cent symbols, then for all you users of
> > IBM-clones,
> > it's Alt-155.
> > (Hold down the "Alt" key, and, on the number pad, type 155.)
> >
> > Gwyn Alcock
> > Redlands, CA
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Alice Faber
> > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 1:13 PM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Antedating of "Tooth Fairy"
> >
> > >My memory is 25 cents (and when exactly did the cent sign disappear
> > >from keyboards?) - but I don't remember any differentiation between
> > >regular teeth or molars.
> >
> > It's not on my keyboard, but it's in the Mac character set:
> > ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢. (option-4).
> >
> >
>