Do you use a screen reader and which one if you do? JAWS has a list of symbols you can choose from by doing Insert-4, and the copyright symbol is one of them. take care. Julie Morales Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:42 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: keys for copyright symbol Thanks, but I tried alt-g and I got nothing. It's no biggie, since I can just use alt-169 whenever I need to, which is probably not very often. I was just curious. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:34 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] keys for copyright symbol >I don't know if this will work for you, as I have > Microsoft Word for the Mac, but Option and g give me > the copyright symbol. If you don't have an Option > key,maybe Alt and g will fo it (I don't have an alt > key). > > HTH > > Cindy > > --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I just downloaded my first book for validation. >> It's _In The Ruins_ by Kate Elliott, Crown of Stars >> Volume 6. It was submitted on November 17, so it's >> been up there for a while. The submitter put it in >> the Fair category, and by the looks of things, >> that's about right. I've noticed quite a few errors >> just in the first few pages. Also, the copyright >> information was not provided, so I put that in. >> >> I'm picking up a paper copy this afternoon from a >> local bookstore. If it had been categorized as >> excellent, I might not have bothered, but I might >> have gotten one anyway - preferably from my local >> library - but they didn't have one. I would prefer >> to have a paper copy in case there's a scanning >> error that I can't figure out. I have an Optacon, >> so I at least don't have to ask someone sighted >> what's on the page if I run into trouble. I've been >> wanting to read this book since it came out last >> August, though, so I'm going to read right through >> it. >> >> However, if the errors are too many and too >> egregious, I just may scan the whole thing in again. >> It might come out better - my OpenBook does a >> pretty good job, especially with hardcovers and >> trade paperbacks. It might be more effective >> timewise than trying to puzzle out garbled text. >> Hopefully that won't be necessary. >> >> I'm a little nervous, this being my first book and >> all. I hope I do things correctly. >> >> By the way, is there a keyboard shortcut for the >> Copyright symbol? I just used alt-169 at the >> beginning of the book where it's supposed to be, but >> I was wondering if there is a keyboard combination >> for that? Just curious. >> >> I also subscribed to the volunteer discussion list. >> I was a little intimidated at first by the 50 >> messages per day figure cited on the website, but I >> figure that it may not be as bad as all that; it >> isn't as though I have to read all of them. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to > bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.