Re: Alt Codes not working


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.

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
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