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eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 28 May 2015 17:28

Diphthongs refer to pronunciation.

Things like Æ, æ, Œ, œ etc are called ligatures.

You can access them through Character Map or create a shortcut if you use them a lot.

Also, you can enter special characters in things like Word by clicking on the Symbol button on the Insert tab or (in some programmes) by pressing the Alt key and at the same time typing in a code (this will not work in everything but is useful to know).

eg

Alt+0198 gives Æ

Alt+0230 gives æ

Alt+0140 gives Œ

Alt+0156 gives œ

There are dozens of others.

On a laptop you will probably need to use your number pad rather than the numbers across the top to do this (make sure NumLock is turned on).

If anyone wants a long list of Alt codes, let me know.

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+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 28 May 2015 16:28

That's the one :-D

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Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 28 May 2015 14:10

æ

as in Pædophile..........

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Sharron

Sharron Report 28 May 2015 12:17

What?

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 28 May 2015 12:05

you mean this one,?

Det...............æ

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Sharron

Sharron Report 28 May 2015 11:57

Thank you.

I don't really know what any of that means but thank you anyway.

I do know a bit about this Saxon king though.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 28 May 2015 11:54

find the character,
hover on it and click select..........then copy.........come to the post and paste

I found my character map,

in accessories-system tools..

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+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 28 May 2015 11:54

Never know that is what is was called.

You can have examples in the middle of a word such as paedophilia were the a and e are written without a gap. As most text is now typed, its fallen out of favour

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Sharron

Sharron Report 28 May 2015 11:52

HOW DID YOU DO THAT!!!!!???????

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 28 May 2015 11:50

Æsop

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Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 28 May 2015 11:49

Yes think so,


summat like the way AEsop? is written........sometimes.......?

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me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Sharron

Sharron Report 28 May 2015 11:44

It is a capital A with the three horizontal strokes of a capital E eminating from the right down stroke.

Can you picture that? It is the first letter of the name of a Saxon King.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 28 May 2015 11:40

looking at various descriptions of Dipthong. it implies it is a sound rather than a symbol...........

What does YOUR dipthong look like?


curious,

outer cambridgeshire

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PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 27 May 2015 13:25

Sharron, there is an invisible font and you have to know where it is and what problem it is causing.

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Sharron

Sharron Report 27 May 2015 12:18

Sorry Island. I am totally inept at anything regarding computers and I thought you were asking a different, quite legitimate, question of Pat.

Also, you will see that your reply and mine had been posted at exactly the same time. I had not read your reply when I posted but thank you for your help anyway.

I didn't I know what Character Map meant anyway.

Totally inept, not just a bit.

Island

Island Report 27 May 2015 12:00

I take it you are ignoring me, for reasons known only to yourself, Sharron. I was only trying to help.

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I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 27 May 2015 11:55

:-D

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Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

Sharron

Sharron Report 27 May 2015 11:52

I don't need to know that Pat.

You just bask in my awe.

Island

Island Report 27 May 2015 11:49

Hmmm........

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PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 27 May 2015 11:48

It's not me Sharron it's OH have thanked him for you.

Island, he's bemused by your request can you give more info on the problem like where the problem is eg. Word, Excel, etc. and what it's doing.

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Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

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