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Gloria Oden

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Apr 8, 2003, 10:09:27 AM4/8/03
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Could someone tell me how to make check mark symbols on my
presentation.

Michael Koerner

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Apr 8, 2003, 12:26:44 PM4/8/03
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Set the Font to Windings hold down the Ctrl key and on the numeric keypad press 0254 þ or, using the Symbol font, Ctrl+0214 Ö

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Rob

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Apr 8, 2003, 2:36:52 PM4/8/03
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I'm sure you meant the ALT key instead of the CTRL key, right? <g>

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Set the Font to Windings hold down the Ctrl key and on the numeric keypad

press 0254 ş or, using the Symbol font, Ctrl+0214 Ö

Michael Koerner

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Apr 8, 2003, 4:02:01 PM4/8/03
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Nuts! Don't let SR see this one <G> Yep I meant Alt. Can't even blame it on fat fingers, as the keys are not even close together.

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I'm sure you meant the ALT key instead of the CTRL key, right? <g>

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Set the Font to Windings hold down the Ctrl key and on the numeric keypad
press 0254 þ or, using the Symbol font, Ctrl+0214 Ö

Donna

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Apr 8, 2003, 4:56:06 PM4/8/03
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"Gloria Oden" <Glori...@gecapital.com> wrote in message news:<065401c2fdd8$775f1b00$a301...@phx.gbl>...
> Could someone tell me how to make check mark symbols on my
> presentation.

Gloria,

I'm not sure if you have tried this or not, but sometimes you can find
the symbol you are looking for through trial and error of different
font styles. I've been successful with Wingdings or symbol. (I don't
remember if there was a checkmark.) You just have to type the
different keys to see what symbol they print. It's tedious, but can
work sometimes.

I hope this helps somewhat.


Donna


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Steve Rindsberg

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Apr 9, 2003, 1:47:16 AM4/9/03
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>>Nuts! Don't let SR see this one <G> Yep I meant Alt. Can't even blame it
on fat fingers, as the keys are not even close together.

<g>

Steve Rindsberg

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Apr 9, 2003, 1:51:02 AM4/9/03
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Good heavens, computers are supposed to alleviate that kind of tedium, not
create MORE.

(And if wishes were horses, we'd all be riding to the bank with our lottery
winnings, eh?)

But try

Start, Programs, Accessories, CharacterMap
Pick the font you want, find the character that suits your needs and click
it.
You'll see the Alt+xxxx character combo for it shown someplace there
(depends on which version of Windows you have as to exactly where ... try
lower right corner for starters)

Or you can just click and copy your way to WingdingledBliss

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B

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Apr 9, 2003, 2:48:47 AM4/9/03
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Donna don't be scared off by this. I commend you for the tedious effort you
have been spending to do find the characters (kinda a character builder, I
guess), but Steve is right. Computers should do the work for you whenever
possible, otherwise we'd still be painting on the cave walls.

Inside a textbox, you can also try to Insert|Symbols... and see if you can
find it from there faster/better/easier. Now you have another
tool-in-the-box to make putting together presentations faster and more fun.

B
Every major innovation was preceded by the quote, "There's got to be a
better way to ...."

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Michael Koerner

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Apr 9, 2003, 6:24:25 AM4/9/03
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Yikes! I've been discovered.

 
 
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Kathryn Jacobs

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Apr 9, 2003, 10:59:59 AM4/9/03
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One further hint: Once you find the character you want, copy and paste it
into your notes for one of the slides. Then you can just copy and paste the
character back to the slides where you need it.

(OH and I thought innovations came because "I really don't have the time to
do it that way... It's got to be done now!)

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Steve Rindsberg

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Apr 9, 2003, 10:49:26 PM4/9/03
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"B" <vest...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Donna don't be scared off by this. I commend you for the tedious effort
you
> have been spending to do find the characters (kinda a character builder, I
> guess),

Have this person flogged for that! ;-)

> Every major innovation was preceded by the quote, "There's got to be a
> better way to ...."

Ain't it the truth. Necessity gets credit for being the mother of
invention, but Sloth ... there's the real power behind the throne.

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