John and Mark,
I'm pleased to know about JAWS 7's insert+4 for obtaining most of the
ASCII characters that I've been getting from my character file by cutting
and pasting. This new JAWS feature will often be much more convenient.
Below is what Google's just given me about the unit of length called an
"em." An en is half the length of an em; I learned this long ago from
crossword puzzles but only later learned about en dashes and em dashes.
They're thinner than the hyphen, and each has its particular typographic
uses. For example, in "the Michelson-Morleuy ether-drift measurement," the
two men's names are connected by an en-dash because this isn't someone's
hyphenated name; the "ether" and "drift" are connected by a hyphen, since
they form a compound adjective. The em-dash is like a minus sighn, and a
two-em dash is used to separate off a parenthetical remark. It's like dots
3 6 twice.
--Nelson
The em:
. A unit of measurement equaling 12 points or 4.5mm.
www.laurel.minutemanpress.com/resources/glossary.html
. In composition, a unit of measurement exactly as wide and high as the
point size being set. So named because the letter "M" in early fonts was
usually
cast on a square body.
www.compulabel.com/index.asp
. a typological measurement, so called because it represents the width of
the widest character in the alphabet. In general use it is a synonym for
pica
em.
www.npage.org/resources/glossarye.html
. SEE: electromagnetic spectrum.
rain.prohosting.com/entcom/e.htm
. A relative measurement of horizontal space _ it's a measurement because it
is equal to the width of a capital "M". It's "relative" because it's the
width
of the capital "M" in whatever font and size you're dealing with.
www.rockprint.com/dictionary.shtml
----- Original Message -----
From: "John McCann" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Nelson Blachman" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 2:52 AM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Special characters
> And I'm thankful to Nelson for the list of special characters, and to Mark
> for reminding me about JAWS "insert 4". Just think, I could have impressed
> my girlfriend by creating a euros symbol in outlook express this past
> week.
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nelson Blachman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 5:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Special characters
>
>
> Mark,
>
> Thanks for getting me properly set up on this list; everything seems to
> be
> fine now.
>
> In regard to special characters, I've found it very useful to have a
> file.txt containing the special characters I occasionally want to cut and
> paste (see below). This way I don't have to remember their ASCII numbers
> or
> even insert+4. I've cut and pasted them (and a few more) from a character
> file I found in Windows' System files.
>
> As a result, I hardly ever use Word; I'm able to manage with Notepad,
> Wordpad, and HJpad.
>
> I'm grateful to John McCann for mentioning insert+8(numpad)
> as a way to hear what things are that JAWS fails to identify automatically
> in the course of messages on the present topic (and em-dash in
> particular).
>
> --Nelson, Oakland, Calif.
> · à á â ã ä æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ù ú û ü ý
> À Á Â Ã Ä Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö × Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ
> À Á Â Ã Ä Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö × Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ
> « ¬ £ ¢ ½ ¼ ½ ¾ ? ? ¶ § ° × ÷ ± ¹ ² ¡ ¿ ß µ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Senk" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 7:10 PM
> Subject: [VICUG-L] Using JAWS gives character
>
>
>> JFW 7 and perhaps earlier versions can supply special characters such as
>> the N- symbol.
>>
>> Hold the JFW insert key and press 4 on the top row to insert special
>> ANSI characters.
>>
>> Just my 2 ¢ (character 162)
>>
>> Mark
>>
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