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[Timessolver]

Are other people getting this phrase '"' all the time, or is it only me? Is there something wrong with my computer? If your are (getting it), what does it mean? Very puzzled . . .

[Mamyalynne]

what phrase do you mean the time out ? it is rather slow tonight?

[Mamyalynne]

oh doh i see what you mean I am told that some computers do this instead of quotation marks and i have noidea why , as far as i`m aware mine always come out right "do they" ???

[Mamyalynne]

can do this tho ♪and ♫

[Timessolver]

Thank you Mamyalynne for checking it for me &, presumably?, seeing an example or 2. It certainly confuses the issue more, when people are already copying out rather cryptic clues! Yours are fine. Here are my double "speech marks" & here are my single 'speech marks' - Are they OK?

[baitress]

they look fine to me . Best of luck, Roger

[Tallulah!]

mamyalynne, You're showing orf with the crotchet and quaver!
I still haven't mastered the upside down ????
Beatrice will be able to add it to her collection! :) :)
x

[johnalex]

Tallulah, you need to press the folloeing keys:

NumLock
Alt (hold this down)
1
6
8
now release Alt

Any questions �

[johnalex]

. . . . shame I can't spell following ! ☻

[Tallulah!]

Hmmm A bad worklady blames her tools. Is alt the same as alt gr? And does num lock come off too at the end?
I think I'll try to retrieve an email that explained cut and paste which is what squarebear told me to do.

[johnalex]

Tallulah, if you are using a Laptop/Notepad then the routine is different. Do your keys MJKLUIO789 have tiny numbers 0123456789 overprinted? If so then this is your built in number pad (often printed in blue). You need to press Fn (Function) at the bottom left of your keyboard plus NumLock somewhere near F11, again these may be blue. Don't forget to use the Alt key also to access the extended characters εδΩ� etc. Then switch off Fn+NumLock to get back to normal. Let us know how you get on! ♂♀j√��

[Mctavish]

johnalex do you mind if I come in on this thread. I have been trying for ages to fathom this upside down ? and even trying the way you gave earlier it won't work for me. I would also like to find the extended characters - I have a desk top PC.
I did manage to find the musical characters.Thanks in advance for your help.

[dr b]

At the risk of butting in, if you google "html extended characters" you can get the full list of codes for unusual characters. You'd insert them in the answer box as an ampersand, followed by a #, followed by the number; followed by a semicolon.

This page explains it as well as any other:

http://www.utexas.edu/learn/html/spchar.html

� ♥

fun!

[Tallulah!]

Thank you all so much. I'll have a play tomorrow.
I don't know what I'm using except it isn't a lap top!
Num Lock is above a key with 7 and home on it!!! AND I've found the alt key which isn't alt gr.
I can probably do cut and paste now so that's something.
I will master it. I wish my daughter was around.
It's my bedtime now.
X

[Mctavish]

Timesolver - apologies for hijacking your thread.

dr b - thanks for your help have printed it off to have a play don't know whether I shall get anywhere with it not being very "with it" when it come to computors !

[Tallulah!]

Yes, sorry, Timessolver, for hi jacking your post but it's all very clever.
McTavish, I've printed off dr b's link and never mind Latin, it's all Greek to me!