Thank you Nivard, Well it would be a dull world if were were all the same! I no longer have to "go and find an Alt code" because the list is printed and stuck on the side of my hard drive. I was not particularly expecting you to reply but appreciate that you did. I hope the wedding went well. We have had great fun at our children's weddings. All our 3 daughters had D-I-Y weddings as they were all very keen not to waste money - and we all joined in according to our particular skills (Cost <£300 for EVERYTHING for the first in Bury, Lancs in 2002, and about €1000 euros for the last in Huelva, Spain in 2006) . Our son's wedding was more classic in that it was predominantly "out-sourced" and while modest by national standards was hugely more costly than the others. (They are about to have their 2nd child next month) We enjoyed them all notwithstanding! I hope you and your family all had a wonderful time, and send our best wishes to your daughter and new son-in-law. All the best Jean Wood > Message du 07/10/13 22:38 > De : "Nivard Ovington" > A : nottsgen@rootsweb.com > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [NTT] Alt codes (other oddments) > > Hi Jean Sorry for the late reply, due to my youngest daughter having married on Saturday last :-) Now clearly what one person needs, another doesn't I am the doesn't Honestly, in many years of computer use and many a letter, I have only ever needed special characters a couple of times, if that gbp works for pounds for example I can barely remember if I have put my socks on of a morning much less many different codes to produce some symbol or other for which I either do without or use another way to express it Its much quicker to type gbp for pounds or dollars for errr.. dollars or whatever than to go and find an alt code It reminds me of the abbreviations the kids use in text messages, by the time they have found and used the abbreviation, and responded to the recipient who doesn't know what it means, it would be quicker to type the word out But for those people that alt codes work for, great Character map is on all Win7 machines as I said should a special character be nee! ded (it was on earlier OS but its easier to locate on Win7) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03/10/2013 17:25, Jean WOOD wrote: > > > Well: for the first time Nivard, I have not understood what you mean! > > I do not see how you can type in the character you are looking for - I tried and just found I was looking for details on my own system Windows 7 ! > > If I have wanted to check a character I type "Alt Codes" into a search box. I use it a lot, daily, but that is because I have an American keyboard ($ but no £) and no accents - and I live in France which uses them lavishly. In addition it offers Greek letters - good for maths! and ↓→ and ↑ which can be useful in simple trees. > Also superscript numbers - useful for footnotes etc ² and symbols such as ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ which can be used for identification > > I used quite a lot when writing my Huguenot family history > > Have fun! > > Jean Wood Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html -----! -------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, pleas! e send a n email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jean Thank you and yes indeed, a 100% percent perfect day, just as my daughter wished for, including perfect sunny weather and a beautiful sunset over the sea to finish it off, as though made to order She did the vast majority of the organisation, made all the table decorations, decorated the cake etc It was a small affair compared to some but was the nicest I have ever been to (granted I am slightly biased :-) It was a marvellous show of what can be done without taking out a second mortgage Every penny was saved up before the event, I couldn't be prouder of her and her new hubby Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 08/10/2013 09:09, Jean WOOD wrote: > Thank you Nivard, > > Well it would be a dull world if were were all the same! > > I no longer have to "go and find an Alt code" because the list is printed and stuck on the side of my hard drive. > > I was not particularly expecting you to reply but appreciate that you did. > > I hope the wedding went well. We have had great fun at our children's weddings. All our 3 daughters had D-I-Y weddings as they were all very keen not to waste money - and we all joined in according to our particular skills (Cost <£300 for EVERYTHING for the first in Bury, Lancs in 2002, and about €1000 euros for the last in Huelva, Spain in 2006) . Our son's wedding was more classic in that it was predominantly "out-sourced" and while modest by national standards was hugely more costly than the others. > (They are about to have their 2nd child next month) > > We enjoyed them all notwithstanding! > > I hope you and your family all had a wonderful time, and send our best wishes to your daughter and new son-in-law. > > All the best > > Jean Wood