Clever s*ds - help required please!!

[Looby]

you could also use Character Map to copy the tick to the clip board and use CTRL+V to paste it when you want it

What is a Character Map?

[Looby]

I had a work colleague who was going to call his daughter Pamela - until his mother kept referring to her as Pam-u-lar

[Bunnylump]

My daughter got landed with Maria as a middle name, but pronounced Ma-r-eye-ah (the Scots way - after OH's gran). She hates it. Mind you, a woman I used to work with called her son Micheal. Yes, he is MICHAEL but she spelled it wrong.

[MBH]

My daughter got landed with Maria as a middle name, but pronounced Ma-r-eye-ah (the Scots way - after OH's gran). She hates it.

At least she got a song written about her

What is a Character Map?

It's a map of the world with indicators for yourself, Bunnylump, Gill, Scurra..... and lots more Well, we're all 'characters' in our own way

[clvrlad]

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What is a Character Map?

its a program that comes with windows that shows the characters a font has and shows the keyboard combinations needed to use them

you can search in help to find it on the version of windows you have

[Looby]

Like the idea of a map with pins stuck in it to show where we all are

Thanks clvrlad. Does it work in Excel as well or just in Word - or do i need to something different in Excel?

Another question. I can remember how to put pictures up on here but not how to make them smaller. Instructions please.

[Scurra]

Character Map is a separate little application so it will work with any other program (just copy the symbol and then paste it into your document, wherever it is.)

[MBH]

Another question. I can remember how to put pictures up on here but not how to make them smaller. Instructions please.

I open them up in my old friend 'Paint', then use the Image->Stretch&Scew to shrink it to a percentage of the original size. Save the result as a different filename (to keep your original good).

[Looby]

Thanks MBH - your reward...!

[Bunnylump]

That is classic! MBH you really should do something about those piles...

[Looby]

I was laughing too much to take the shot when they were lying on top of each other!

[tricia]

that looked like fun -

Tricia

[MBH]

"Look ma, I caught a Fraggle!"

[Redfraggle]

Oh My word - I totally remember that. Excellent!!! Yes, I can honestly say I lay on top of MBH I was a bit over-enthusiastic when I bounced - and that was the result.

[Cenwulf]

And let's not even go near dialect things.

'Dialect things' once caused me a bit of a problem with the 'Quadrumvirate' puzzle I posted on DVP to mark the 4,444th 'Rotas' post. There were four varieties of clue - straight, cryptic, straight including anagram, and definition of a homophone.
The last of these was the problem - one of the answers was 'more' and the clue was "upland area" (moor); but Stufarq (remember him?) disputed the clue as in Scotland they pronounce 'moor' as 'moo-er'.

[Bunnylump]

My husband says moo-er too. But then he also pronounces OVEN with the O as in "dog".

[MBH]

I was a bit over-enthusiastic when I bounced.

You?? Over-enthusiastic???? NEVER!!!!!


Cenwulf - you don't need to go as far as Scotland, because here in Newcastle the cows on the Town Moor are the Town Moo-ers.

[tricia]

I've just been saying Moor over and over and I do believe I say moo-er - funny that -I always think about it as moor

Tricia

[Bunnylump]

Mind you, I always say "ow-er" for OUR, rather than "are". Hence the fact that I can spell it correctly, as opposed to most of the kids in my school who pronounce both OUR and ARE the same. But don't get me started on that!

[giraffe]

Well round here you cross the Ro-wud to catch the Buzz into T-ow-un !