You need all the symbols on these forums to say what the %$*# are you talking about.
Anyone know what AltGr is for ?
I don't know what it's really for, and I'm not on my work PC now so haven't got MS Word, but I think it does a really neat selection trick. If you click and drag in normal fashion your selection goes to the end of the lines as you drag down? Yes? If you hold the Alt-Gr key and click and drag it just selects the area you drag. And you can then just copy/delete just that.
I worked in burgeoning mobile phone biz in 1988 so I knew the # key was called "Hash". Most folks had no idea what the key was called and I really milked it when I was explaining some weird key sequence for accessing a sub-menu that included the hash key..... press hash.....y'know hash.... HASH..... 'cking 'ell THE SQUARE THING ONE you thicky!!! I obviously realise now what a knob I was.
I worked in burgeoning mobile phone biz in 1988 so I knew the # key was called "Hash". Most folks had no idea what the key was called and I really milked it when I was explaining some weird key sequence for accessing a sub-menu that included the hash key..... press hash.....y'know hash.... HASH..... 'cking 'ell THE SQUARE THING ONE you thicky!!! I obviously realise now what a knob I was.
That reminds me of the agony of trying to explain the 'underscore' in my email address I had to give to my father over the phone for the first time. What a nightmare
That reminds me of the agony of trying to explain the 'underscore' key in my email address I had to give to my father over the phone for the first time. What a nightmare
I feel for you ! and it shouldn't be a "shift" key either, it should have been in the first division instead of the - .
or to put it another way - twitter would have hardly decided to use a symbol that didn't exist, would they?
unlike the euro inventors. We don't got a funny little E
[edit. well blow me down, the euro symbol is alongside the 4 on this kb (Logitech wireless). no idea how to get it to print though
didn't know the # was called a pound sign, but when your ANSI settings get screwed the # comes out as a £ doesn't it. They must both be capital 3's if you will.
It's not actually the musical notation for a sharp, to those who were saying that. That's a similar symbol but the horizontal lines of the hash symbol would be angled slightly - the reason being that the sharp symbol has to sit on the stave to tell you which key the music is in, and you wouldn't be able to see the horizontal lines if there was a sharp in any of the notes between the lines of the stave i.e. F, A, C and E on the treble clef.
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I wasn't really bashing ( I see what you did there ) ` `, $( ) is better, and it's less prone to copy and paste issues !!!
I don't know what it's really for, and I'm not on my work PC now so haven't got MS Word, but I think it does a really neat selection trick. If you click and drag in normal fashion your selection goes to the end of the lines as you drag down? Yes? If you hold the Alt-Gr key and click and drag it just selects the area you drag. And you can then just copy/delete just that.
It's a shortcut key to access a Usenet group for people who are angry.
That reminds me of the agony of trying to explain the 'underscore' in my email address I had to give to my father over the phone for the first time. What a nightmare
I feel for you ! and it shouldn't be a "shift" key either, it should have been in the first division instead of the - .
Thanks, I forgot the code! Previously, I was googling "hashtag" and then copying and pasting it onto my forms lol
He really didn't know it was a symbol for 'at'. Didn't even noticed the 'a' in the middle, either.
I don't know if it's just a London thing, but @ used to be commonly seen on price cardboards in a street market, wasn't it?
I think it's real meaning is "each at".
Ah, pop culture reference. Google is truly my friend.
You're correct. I forgot it was '(number) (products), each at (price)'.
I've heard it being used that way in America. It makes me curious
So would they assume our currency is #10.50 instead of £10.50. And what would they call the pound sign we know of
No because the # symbol when used in that way refers to pounds weight.
Ahhh that makes more sense.
unlike the euro inventors. We don't got a funny little E
[edit. well blow me down, the euro symbol is alongside the 4 on this kb (Logitech wireless). no idea how to get it to print though
didn't know the # was called a pound sign, but when your ANSI settings get screwed the # comes out as a £ doesn't it. They must both be capital 3's if you will.
that's good. Now | down.
that'll confuse the tiddlers. ~~~~
So did the £ originally (in fact, both symbols are bastardisations of "Lb") - it was the value of one lb of sterling silver.