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 "Bother," said Pooh, as Eeyore sneezed the crack all over Owl.