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rye470
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Location: Originally Linwood now Rye, NY.

Post by rye470 » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:37 am

Jim,

How did you think of making a wee face with it? Gave me a much needed laugh. Looks like it's got two big keekers.

Christine.
Fyfe,Binnie,Stewart,McEwan -Fife, Perthshire, Clackmannanshire.
McFarlane,Reid - Dunbartonshire.
Alexander,Dawson,Hamill,Kennedy,McCulloch - Donegal,Down, Armagh to Renfrewshire,Lanarkshire.
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DavidWW
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Post by DavidWW » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:45 am

Never thought to see this symbol - ‰ -on this DG :!:

% is per cent, i.e. hundredths, whereas ‰ is pro mille, i.e. one thousandths.

So 1% of 1,000 is 10, but 1‰ is just 1 :wink:

David
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darrenst
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Joined: Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:40 pm
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland

Post by darrenst » Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:03 am

Whoops - this post wasn't meant for this site, sorry!

Too many windows open at the same time...

Darren
Last edited by darrenst on Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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AndrewP
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Location: Edinburgh

Post by AndrewP » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:39 am

[quote="JimM"][quote="AnnetteR"][quote="Bob Haining"]Hi Frances, I got this from google a few years ago, I keep a copy by the keyboard, find it very handy.

Many of the common characters can be done from the numeric key pad and the alt key...
Just hold down the alt key and punch in the numeric on the "keypad", little shorter and quicker for me.

° degree sign = ALT+0176
¼ one fourth = ALT+0188
½ one half = ALT+0189
¾ three fourth = ALT+0190
¢ cent sign = ALT+0162
² square = ALT+0178
³ cube = ALT+0179
± plus/minus = ALT+0177
‰ zero percent = ALT+0137 (not sure what this means)
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