Alt Codes not working

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I just started having problems with my alt codes not working e.g. alt
+248 results in a 'degree' symbol. I restarted and tried an alt code
and it worked..it typed 4 characters of that code, then quit working
again.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Craig
 
cwsink said:
I just started having problems with my alt codes not working e.g. alt
+248 results in a 'degree' symbol. I restarted and tried an alt code
and it worked..it typed 4 characters of that code, then quit working
again.
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I wonder if you are getting confused over these Alt codes, like many others.
Alt+248 does not produce the same character as Alt+0248. The former gives
the degree symbol, but the latter gives the 'ø' character.
 
I wonder if you are getting confused over these Alt codes, like many others.
Alt+248 does not produce the same character as Alt+0248. The former gives
the degree symbol, but the latter gives the 'ø' character.
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Thanks for clarifying that, but that's not the issue. I was trying to
get the degree symbol, but I got a ••• instead. (I just tried the alt
+248 and got that goofy character there). °Ø0

Ok!!!! Wow!!! For some reason, out of curiosity I typed 'alt
+0248'.....and I got a degree symbol!!! (seriously). You can see it at
the end of the last line. Then I typed 'alt+00216' because 'alt+0216'
is the diameter symbol (which isn't working either) and I got a Ø
which is the diameter symbol. So then I did 'alt+248' and got the '0'.

So now I'm as confused as ever! These codes used to work and as you
can see in my first post, after a restart, they work once. I guess now
they work if I add an additional zero to the front of the code!

Thanks,

Craig
 
I wonder if you are getting confused over these Alt codes, like many
others.
Alt+248 does not produce the same character as Alt+0248. The former gives
the degree symbol, but the latter gives the 'ø' character.
Click to expand...

Thanks for clarifying that, but that's not the issue. I was trying to
get the degree symbol, but I got a ••• instead. (I just tried the alt
+248 and got that goofy character there). °Ø0

Ok!!!! Wow!!! For some reason, out of curiosity I typed 'alt
+0248'.....and I got a degree symbol!!! (seriously). You can see it at
the end of the last line. Then I typed 'alt+00216' because 'alt+0216'
is the diameter symbol (which isn't working either) and I got a Ø
which is the diameter symbol. So then I did 'alt+248' and got the '0'.

So now I'm as confused as ever! These codes used to work and as you
can see in my first post, after a restart, they work once. I guess now
they work if I add an additional zero to the front of the code!

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Obviously the exact symbol you get depends on the character set you are
using but Alt+2 or 3 numbers acceses a different part of the set than
Alt+0+2 or 3 numbers, though there is some overlap. You can, in fact, type
as many zeros as you like before the number part - any excess over 1 zero is
ignored.
 
"You can, in fact, type as many zeros as you like before the number
part - any excess over 1 zero is ignored."

"Alt+248 does not produce the same character as Alt+0248."

M.I.5¼, regarding the 2 quotes above, it seems that you are
contradicting yourself. I may not be entirely understanding you
though. Your first post I would agree with as to what "should" happen.
I'm not experiencing what "should" happen though. That's my problem/
question.

You mentioned the "character set you are using...". What do you mean
by "Character Set". Possibly that's a clue to my issue.

Thanks,

Craig
 
"You can, in fact, type as many zeros as you like before the number
part - any excess over 1 zero is ignored."

"Alt+248 does not produce the same character as Alt+0248."

M.I.5¼, regarding the 2 quotes above, it seems that you are
contradicting yourself. I may not be entirely understanding you
though. Your first post I would agree with as to what "should" happen.
I'm not experiencing what "should" happen though. That's my problem/
question.

You mentioned the "character set you are using...". What do you mean
by "Character Set". Possibly that's a clue to my issue.

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In the character set I am using (the newsgroup default), Alt+248 produces
'°'. Alt+0248 produces 'ø'. Similarly Alt+000000248 produces 'ø', because
the first 5 zeros are ignored. However, if you use a different font it may
or may not have a different character set for none, some or all of the
extended characters and the Alt codes may produce different characters.
Wingdings, for example, produces a cross hair gun sight and an arrow
respectively for the above two codes. Most alphanumeric fonts will produce
the '°' and 'ø'.

I have reread your original post and I am not clear as to what your problem
actually is. Could you perhaps tell us what is happening and what you
expect to happen.
 
The problem is that the codes don't produce the correct characters.

I did discover though, that if I add a '0' to the front of the code, I
get the results I'm looking for. E.g. if alt+248 normally produces a
degree symbol (°), then I must type 'alt+0248' rather than 'alt+248'.
To produce the character that is normally achieved by typing 'alt
+0248', I must type 'alt+00248'. Notice that I'm adding an additional
zero to the front of the code.

Craig
 
The problem is that the codes don't produce the correct characters.

I did discover though, that if I add a '0' to the front of the code, I
get the results I'm looking for. E.g. if alt+248 normally produces a
degree symbol (°), then I must type 'alt+0248' rather than 'alt+248'.
To produce the character that is normally achieved by typing 'alt
+0248', I must type 'alt+00248'. Notice that I'm adding an additional
zero to the front of the code.

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Gothcha.

I have never seen this behaviour before so can't offer any solution. What
does happen if you type Alt+248? Though I rather suspect that you are going
to say, "nothing". I might have suspected malware, but I can find no
reference to any malware that does this (unless it is very new of course).

Are you able to do a system restore to a time before this started happening?
 
Gothcha.

I have never seen this behaviour before so can't offer any solution. What
does happen if you type Alt+248? Though I rather suspect that you are going
to say, "nothing". I might have suspected malware, but I can find no
reference to any malware that does this (unless it is very new of course).

Are you able to do a system restore to a time before this started happening?
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When I do 'alt+248' I get this.. $1,500.00
$1,500.00
$1,500.00 00

Ha! I just figured out the problem (yes, while I was typing). The 3
$1,500.00 entries were what I got when I typed 'alt+248'. The reason
came to me when it did this. I had recently installed a little utility
called Ditto. It's a Clipboard manager, i.e. it stores all of the
items you copy so you can retrieve them later. There were hotkeys
setup for this that were conflicting. I've fixed it now!

Thank you for your help :), though indirectly!

Craig
 
cwsink said:
When I do 'alt+248' I get this.. $1,500.00
$1,500.00
$1,500.00 00

Ha! I just figured out the problem (yes, while I was typing). The 3
$1,500.00 entries were what I got when I typed 'alt+248'. The reason
came to me when it did this. I had recently installed a little utility
called Ditto. It's a Clipboard manager, i.e. it stores all of the
items you copy so you can retrieve them later. There were hotkeys
setup for this that were conflicting. I've fixed it now!

Thank you for your help :), though indirectly!
Click to expand...

A solution is a solution no matter how you got there.
 
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