-----Original Message----- From: bk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 7:16 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] Name changes - use "Jane name1/name2/name3" format? In message <395E7BD9A44244A6B324799952B786DC@normae8cad86d8>, normajr@shaw.ca writes: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Bibby" <johnbibbyjohnbibby@gmail.com> [] >> PS: I also have probs with e.g. Charles Smith Jones where "Smith >> Jones" is the family name >> > >For this problem my work-around is to use a "non-breaking space" >between the two (or more) words. This is made by using 'alt + 0160' on the number pad. >To the eye it is still two words but the computer reads it as one word >and on the search looks for Smith rather than Jones. [] That's clever! (Ctrl-Shift-space also does it in Word, but sadly not general Windows.) Unfortunately, most (all AFAIK) netbooks, and many laptops, don't _have_ a numeric pad. OK, one can add one, but IME it's fiddly to make it work properly (num lock on or off for example?) for entering special characters, quite apart from having the thing dangling about. For entering special characters, especially on something without a numpad, I recommend Diacrit - http://www.sandrila.co.uk/diacrit/; this is designed to help people who want to use specific languages (without reconfiguring their keyboard), but also has "languages" like maths, arrows, and so on. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Why not just windows built-in Character Map? You can find it under Accessories --> System Tools Jim

In message <DC58DD172D4E424D89C7CF110A7917F9@JimWin7PC>, Jim Dell <dellji@yahoo.com> writes: [] >For entering special characters, especially on something without a numpad, I >recommend Diacrit - http://www.sandrila.co.uk/diacrit/; this is designed to >help people who want to use specific languages (without reconfiguring their >keyboard), but also has "languages" like maths, arrows, and so on. [] >Why not just windows built-in Character Map? You can find it under >Accessories --> System Tools [] Indeed - or Start | Run | charmap. Diacrit allows you to only show the characters you use a lot, rather than seeing the whole character set (including the ones you can get from the keyboard anyway), that's all. Charmap does also have the advantage that it (sometimes) shows the numeric code, too. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Bother," said Pooh, as Eeyore sneezed the crack all over Owl.