Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.apps:5678 comp.sys.mac.misc:11517 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!ftpbox!mothost!motcid!derosa From: derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Can't get character in Macrite II Message-ID: <6315@crystal9.UUCP> Date: 29 Apr 91 18:15:10 GMT References: <1991Apr19.191136.18750@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <6233@crystal.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL Lines: 40 hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner) writes: > [ ... deleted stuff ... ] >>kentiler@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Kent Iler) writes: >>I have also noticed that there are characters >>in most every font that *CANNOT* be reached from the keyboard. > I don't know how you can have characters that you can't get from the >keyboard but if you have Norton Utilities, they has a 'Key Caps' like DA >which also shows the required keystrokes. I don't think that I have seen >any that don't have a key stroke associated with it! But then maybe I >haven't seen them all... Yessir-re-bob, most every font has these hidden characters. I first noticed them when I began to use PopChar. PopChar allows you to pull down a menu of all the possible characters in the active font, select the one your want and...pop...it is part of your document. I have found this very useful with Symbols, Dingbats and other graphical fonts that do not lend themselves to a logical key board layout. EG, the dingbats characters of squares with numbers in them are *ALL* over the keyboard, while in PopChar, they are right next to each other. Also, another major benefit is placing accents above characters is no longer a multi-key stroke but a single "pop". V1.5 is the latest version of PopChar. I have been told that V1.4 and V1.5 interfere with Adobe Type Reunion (though I have not had the problem). V1.3 is said to be "clean". Enjoy -- = John DeRosa, Motorola, Inc, Cellular Infrastructure Group = = e-mail: ...uunet!motcid!derosaj, motcid!derosaj@uunet.uu.net = = Applelink: N1111 = =I do not hold by employer responsible for any information in this message =