Robert Broussard | 15 May 22:41

Creating Plain-text bullets...

On the Mac you can type Option-8 to get a bullet in a plain-text  
document (or alpha or text filed or variable) that will show and  
print...

Now, on a Windows machine, what character can I use to create a bullet  
(like Option-8 on the Mac)?

Thanks,

Robert

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B. Perkins | 16 May 17:47

Re: Creating Plain-text bullets...


Robert,

It isn't as easy, and depending on the font and character set, the outcome
may vary.

Also I wouldn't consider the bullet "plain-text". It is a special character,
whose ascii code is above 127. The bullet is just so easy to type, and works
so consistently on the Mac, that you probably think of it as being so.

Have a look here:
http://tlt.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html

Note their point about needing a keyboard with a numeric keypad. I use a
Kinesis ergo keyboard and it is a PITA to type special characters. I assume
same would apply for a laptop.

hth,

Brad

SwampDaddy wrote:
> 
> On the Mac you can type Option-8 to get a bullet in a plain-text  
> document (or alpha or text filed or variable) that will show and  
> print...
> 
> Now, on a Windows machine, what character can I use to create a bullet  
> (like Option-8 on the Mac)?
> 
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