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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tano
Inasmuch as this is a site almost exclusively about Baja California, accessed mostly by those living there or close by, doesn’t it make sense that the
clock should show the time there instead of that half a world away, even if it is just for practical reasons? Maybe it is just me. Any thoughts?
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peace, love, fish tacos. It's not that important is it? I showed you how to fix it on Friday and it's still an issue?
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A tad frustrating? I feel your pain. Actually, if it's off by an hour (standard time v daylight time), what does it matter? I used to frequently fly
coast to coast for business and never changed my watch. It was just easier to add three hours if I actually needed to look at it.
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durrelllrobert: Hold down Alt and type 164. Then, release Alt. Presto! ñ
On my keyboard, it only works if you use the number pad on the right side of the keyboard - your results may vary.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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Tano
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how do you get that squigly thing above the n in mannana
I write quite a bit in Spanish. I use Word for Windows, and many moons ago I wrote some macros to get the Spanish symbols by just pressing Shift+Ctrl
and the appropriate letter, like this: á, é, í, ó, ú, ñ, ¿, ¡, ü, etc. That squiggly thing is called a “tilde.”
For those who think I’m being too anal about the forum’s clock, I look at the time of the posts to keep track of what I’ve read already and what is
new without having to log in, but maybe that’s the Admin’s plan. Who knows?
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Bajahowodd
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All I know is that if I hold down alt and type in 164, I get nothing but a refreshed screen. where the heck is Bill Gates??
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Tano
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Turn the Num Lock on and use the number keypad. You won’t see anything until you let go of the Alt key. It will work at least in MS Word.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBruno
durrelllrobert: Hold down Alt and type 164. Then, release Alt. Presto! ñ
On my keyboard, it only works if you use the number pad on the right side of the keyboard - your results may vary. |
Thanks, it works: manñana
Bob Durrell
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tano
many moons ago I wrote some macros to get the Spanish symbols by just pressing Shift+Ctrl and the appropriate letter, like this: á, é, í, ó, ú, ñ, ¿,
¡, ü, etc. That squiggly thing is called a “tilde.”
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so... how do you write a macro
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Tano
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so... how do you write a macro
It depends on how resourceful you are and what version of MS Word you're using. I only write macros for that app since I stopped using WordPerfect.
Start with Tools > Macro > Record New Macro > Keyboard, but you need a plan beforehand as far as what keys you will use and the codes for the
symbols you want. As for the codes, you can look them up on the Internet. You know one already: 164 for ñ. It helps if you can look the
results up in the Macro Editor. It may take some practice.
Writing macros was my first incursion into programming a PC. My life truly changed after that. I highly recommend it. The computer is the greatest
tool ever.
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All I know is that if I hold down alt and type in 164, I get nothing but a refreshed screen. where the heck is Bill Gates?? |
There's more than one way to work the alt codes, different numbers, some in brackets...some not. Use the calculator keyboard on the right rather
than the numerals up on top.
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/...
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