[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: diactitical marks: tilde and grave
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:19:14 -0600
Lissi,
In Word,
To type à, è, ì, ò, ù, À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù
Press CTRL+` (ACCENT GRAVE), the letter
To type á, é, í, ó, ú, ý, Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý
Press CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), the letter
To type â, ê, î, ô, û, Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û
Press CTRL+SHIFT+^ (CARET), the letter
To type ã, ñ, õ, Ã, Ñ, Õ
Press CTRL+SHIFT+~ (TILDE), the letter
To type ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ, Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, ?
Press CTRL+SHIFT+: (COLON), the letter
To type å, Å
Press CTRL+SHIFT+@, a or A
To type æ, Æ
Press CTRL+SHIFT+&, a or A
To type ?, ?
Press CTRL+SHIFT+&, o or O
To type ç, Ç
Press CTRL+, (COMMA), c or C
To type ð, Ð
Press CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE), d or D
To type ø, Ø
Press CTRL+/, o or O
To type ¿
Press ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+?
To type ¡
Press ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+!
To type ß
Press CTRL+SHIFT+&, s
To find these shortcut keys in Word's Help Information, look up "Insert
Symbols and Special Characters".
HTH
Gerald
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 5:07 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: diactitical marks: tilde and grave
Dear Cindy and everyone,
While we're on the subject, can anyone tell me how to place an accent over a
letter? I know there are the two slashes, the grave and an accent formed by
two dots side by side above a letter. I have no idea what that accent is
called.
Always With Love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 5:40 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: diactitical marks: tilde and grave
> Sue, I'm not Tom, but -- I started to explain but
> googled to be sure I was correct in thinking it's used
> in Spanish and I found this wonderful definition--"A
> diacritical mark ( ~ ) placed over the letter n in
> Spanish to indicate the palatal nasal sound (ny), as
> in cañon, or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate
> nasalization, as in lã, pão." (I didn't know it was
> used in Portuguese). I think Tom described it as an
> elongated s lying on its side.
>
> A grave accent is the reverse of the acute accent, i.e
> it' slants left and the acute slants right.
>
> I just noticed that on my keyboard the key to the left
> of the number one has a tilde at the top and the grave
> symbol (BTW, Tom--you did spell it correctly--but Sue,
> it's pronouced grahv) symbol at the bottom. It's used
> in both French and other languages--I can't remember
> if it's used much in Spanish, but I googled again and
> found it's in Italian and other languages, too.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> I am not Lissi, Tom, but what the heck is tilda? A
>> key? And you say grave
>> accent. Are they the same thing?
>>
>> Sue S.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "tom hawkins" <tjhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 3:28 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Section break page
>> break
>>
>>
>> > Dear Lissi, I, went back and reviewed what I sent
>> to you and realized I
>> > didn't tell you to exit M S Word after saving from
>> using the Find And
>> > Replace routine. It's important only after
>> putting the hard page breaks
>> in.
>> > Also, using the control F, ALT F, Escape series
>> of commands repeatedly
>> > takes you successively from nonbreaking hyphen to
>> nonbreaking hyphen
>> > without re-entering the caret tilda. Well I think
>> that's about it. Best
>> > Tom--- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 8:27 AM
>> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Section break page
>> break
>> >
>> >
>> > > Dear Tom,
>> > >
>> > > Thank you for the information. Do you use these
>> key strokes at each
>> > > section break, as the cursor is on the line
>> below it? Or, do you go into
>> > > some menu bar and those strokes, as you
>> described below, then change the
>> > > breaks for the whole book.
>> > >
>> > > What if some have already been exchanged for
>> page breaks as I have for
>> > > the first 40 pages of this funny, imaginative
>> collection of folk tales
>> and
>> > > myths.
>> > >
>> > > I laughed a plenty at the ridiculous cat
>> cleaning joke you sent. I spoil
>> > > and love my dogs lavishly and get tearful at any
>> description of hurtful
>> > > things done to animals and usually beg the
>> person to stop telling me
>> > > before my heart breaks, but, your humor was an
>> exercise in the absurd
>> and
>> > > I, who need humor in my life even more than
>> usual, appreciated the
>> change
>> > > of pace and the little giggle.
>> > >
>> > > It wasn't until I began meeting people on
>> computer that I realized some
>> > > people are genuinely offended by certain humor.
>> It's made me caughtious
>> > > now that I know humor makes some people seethe
>> instead of laugh. I'm
>> sure
>> > > I have boundaries in what I consider funny, too,
>> but I personally found
>> > > your post a hoot. I'm sure everyone knows you
>> meant no harm and we have
>> to
>> > > accept the fact that one person's joke is
>> another's insult.
>> > >
>> > > Recently I mailed a joke about Bush to 3
>> friends. Two of them raved
>> about
>> > > how funny it was and were busily passing it on.
>> The third scolded me
>> > > twice, calling me a few insulting things.
>> Passive me, replied that I'd
>> > > take her opinions about humor in to account in
>> the future and dropped
>> the
>> > > matter, deleting the scoldings and not over
>> reacting, leaving the
>> > > friendship in tact.
>> > >
>> > > When I get humor I think is in poor taste, I who
>> never even mildly say
>> bad
>> > > words, I just delete it and avoid insencerity by
>> not passing it on, and
>> > > not writing to the person and raving about how
>> funny it was. I think my
>> > > lack of reaction gets my point across.
>> > >
>> > > I think the longer we remain on a list, the more
>> we come to know the
>> > > complexity of its members and realize like real
>> people, they are basicly
>> > > wonderful, often better than most, but we've all
>> got our tender spots.
>> > >
>> > > Just a reminder since I've wandered so farr
>> afield, I'm looking forward
>> to
>> > > learning more about using the commands you
>> provided which you can review
>> > > below.
>> > >
>> > > Always With Love,
>> > >
>> > > Lissi
>> > >
>> > > Hi I'll will jump in with the info, Find ,
>> carret lower case b. The
>> > > carret is a shift six. and Replace with carret
>> lower case m. That will
>> > > change all of your section breaks to hard page
>> breaks. Happy
>> > > Thanksgiving.
>> > > Tom
>> > >
>> > > Hi Cindy,
>> > > Different programs will handle section and page
>> breaks differently. So
>> to
>> > > someone validating a book, it may appear that
>> there are no page breaks,
>> > > but they may not realize that section breaks are
>> there.That could cause
>> > > the validator to reject the book on the basis of
>> no page
>> > > breaks.
>> > >
>> > > The BookShare system however handles each
>> equally. The process for
>> > > converting section breaks to page breaks is an
>> easy find/replace in MS
>> > > Word. If you're interested I'm sure Gerald or I
>> could dig it out of the
>> > > archive.
>> > >
>> > > We're on a semester deal and this one is going
>> well. I'm still hanging
>> in
>> > > with all A's at this point, there are just two
>> weeks and then a week of
>> > > finals left.
>> > >
>> > > The weather? Kind of cool, 30s-50s generally, a
>> lot cooler than what we
>> > > became used to with this longer fall (in terms
>> of weather).
>> > >
>> > > I've been enjoying the lack of things hanging
>> over my head and I've been
>> > > able to get a lot of BookShare volunteering done
>> these last couple of
>> days
>> > > as well.
>> > >
>> > > Happy Thanksgiving!
>> > > Jake
>> > >
>> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Section break page
>> break
>> > > Interesting, Jake, I thought it did make a
>> difference
>> > > and that's why Tom or someone changed all his
>> section
>> > > breaks to page breaks. But you're more the
>> expert at
>> > > this than I am. smile
>> > >
>> > > I hope you're enjoying this brief break. Are you
>> on a
>> > > semester or a quarter system? HNow's the weather
>> where you are?
>> > >
>> > > Cindy
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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