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How do you do this?
OK-- I wanted to post the copyright symbol (little c surrounded by a circle)
in a newsgroup post. I was able to get the symbol in WORD via the insert symbol command. I copied and pasted it and it looked fine. But when the post appeared, all I saw was an "a" with a tilde above it. Any ideas? I'll try it again he ã I just pasted it and it looks fine and I'm sending it now Mel |
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How do you do this?
My guess is that you're inserting it using the Symbol font, and are
inserting character #227. When that character is displayed in a regular text font, you get ã. Try inserting the copyright symbol from the (normal text) font in Word, instead (character 169). It *should*) then appear correctly in Word and when displayed here, as ©. I guess I'll see for sure when I look at this message after posting. Of course, you could always use (c). -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "MZB" wrote in message ... OK-- I wanted to post the copyright symbol (little c surrounded by a circle) in a newsgroup post. I was able to get the symbol in WORD via the insert symbol command. I copied and pasted it and it looked fine. But when the post appeared, all I saw was an "a" with a tilde above it. Any ideas? I'll try it again he ã I just pasted it and it looks fine and I'm sending it now Mel |