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From: "sharon marshall" <>
Subject: Fw: [ZA] Foreign Accents, other stuff
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 02:50:14 +0200


----- Original Message -----
From: "sharon marshall" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ZA] Foreign Accents, other stuff


> This is amazing - thanks to all who gave input on this - will stop me
having
> to say things like "e with 2 dots on the e"? I work on a Mac all day and
> have just been to lazy to try and figure it out on my home PC.
> Because I don't want to be guilty of taking up space with thank yous,
here's
> a snip of hopefully useful info and questions I've been meaning to ask:
> 1. I have the March 2000 issue of Country Life with the Glen Avon story in
> it if anyone would like copies.
> 2. I have a map of Troyeville, suburb of Johannesburg in which stands
> Gandhi's house and where David Webster was murdered in the 1980s, ditto
> above.
> 3. I have a streetmap of Grahamstown in PDF format, ditto above.
> 4. I came across a list of useful Latin genealogy terminology on an
internet
> site the other day, any takers?
> 5. I have a booklet entitled A History of Observatory (Cape Town)
1881-1913
> if anyone would like me to look up anything.
> 6. What is the least I should expect to pay for a digital camera (SA rand
> terms) capable of photographing DNs etc?
> 7. Does anyone know of any published works on the Marshall descendants of
> Henry William Marshall (or any SA Marshalls for that matter) who came out
on
> the Northampton in Clark's party?
> 8. Does anyone know where I can get "The Trollops of South Africa" by
Doris
> Trollip Gordon published circa 1971 by Shuter and Shooter,
Pietermaritzburg.
> ISBN 0 86985 196 9? I have tried various local and internet outlets
without
> success.
>
> Bedtime before I get really boring...
> Good night all
> Sharon
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robin Griffiths" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 7:12 PM
> Subject: [ZA] Foreign Accents
>
>
> > Hi Mary and Listers
> >
> > Here are shortcuts to the common symbols for Outlook, Word and Excel.
> >
> > The Num Lock light on your keyboard must be ON. If not switch it on
> > with the Num Lock key above the 7 on the numeric keys on the right of
> > your keyboard.
> >
> > Hold down Alt (next to the Space Bar) and type the number on the List
> > using the numeric keys on the right of your keyboard. They will not
> > work with the numbers above the QWERTY keys. I have this list printed
> > out on the wall next to my PC.
> >
> > Alt + 131 â
> > Alt + 132 ä
> > Alt + 133 à
> > Alt + 142 Ä
> > Alt + 135 ç
> > Alt + 136 ê
> > Alt + 137 ë
> > Alt + 138 è
> > Alt + 130 é
> > Alt + 0203 Ë
> > Alt + 140 î
> > Alt + 139 ï
> > Alt + 141 ì
> > Alt + 148 ö
> > Alt + 153 Ö
> > Alt + 129 ü
> > Alt + 154 Ü
> > Alt + 145 æ
> > Alt + 156 £ GBP
> > Alt + 0128 ? Euro
> > Alt + 0165 ¥ Yen
> > Alt + 248 ° degrees
> > Alt + 0180 ´ feet
> > Alt + 0215 ×
> > Alt + 0247 ÷
> > Alt + 0248 ø
> > Alt + 230 µ
> > Alt + 241 ±
> > Alt + 172 ¼
> > Alt + 171 ½
> > Alt + 0190 ¾
> > Alt + 0134 ?
> > Alt + 167 º
> > Alt + 0185 ¹
> > Alt + 0178 ²
> > Alt + 0179 ³
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robin Griffiths Tel(H):+27(0)31 5731729
> > 38 Longwoods Drive Cell:072 4772704
> > Glenhills
> > Durban North, 4051
> > South Africa
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mary Longman [mailto:]
> > Sent: 10 March 2003 04:46
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [ZA] Accents-cedillas in Word for Windows
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Deborah, its good to know I was not missing something then!
> > mary
> >
> >
> > I've never found a way in Outlook, but usually do the necessary in word,
> > then copy and paste quite successfully... Useful if you have to do
> > umlatts,
> > accents, cedillas, $ and £ signs.
> > Laboriously long if you have plenty of the same symbol throughout a
> > document. Sometimes better to prepare in word, then cut or copy and
> > paste
> > into your email...
> > hope thats helpful.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mary Longman [mailto:]
> > Sent: 10 March, 2003 3:04 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [ZA] Accents-cedillas in Word for Windows
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to access this in Outlook Express? I looked but could
> > not
> > find it in the drop downs but might have missed the right place!
> >
> > mary
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > There is no need to go to all that trouble in Word, when there is a full
> > programme set up already...Going to Word document, type your letters,
> > louren, then go to "insert" option, select option "symbols", you can
> > pick up
> > the accented c for Lourenco Marques with the formatting table "Courier
> > New"... I'm sure if you scroll through some of the other options under
> > symbols, you can find every accent-cedilla you ever needed...and then
> > you
> > can finish your word Lourenço Marques. Voila!
> > Deborah
> >
> >
> >
> >
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