Re: how to create an underlined carat symbol

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I'm sorry, I have no idea how to insert an underlined caret as a single
symbol, or even whether it's available but the character you copied from
that web site is an ordinary caret; the only reason it is underlined is
because it is a hyperlink.

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Enjoy,
Tony


"BElaine" <BElaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> thanks for the quick reply!
> I need to actually type the character code, and I am having trouble
finding
> it.
> I looked through the character map, but didn't find it. I was able to
find
> it on this website: but it doesn't say the code:
> http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/ISO_8859-15/
> I was able to copy and paste it into word but nothing else.
>
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 12:13:01 -0800, "BElaine"
> > <BElaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >Need to know the command to type a symbol for an underlined carat
> >
> > Type the ^ character, select it, and click the U button on the toolbar
> > (ore press Ctrl+U, or go to Format > Font and select the type of
> > underline you want).
> >
> > If the caret character is too high, you can use the "logical AND"
> > character in the Arial Unicode or Lucida Sans Unicode font (character
> > number hexadecimal 2227) and underline it or follow it with a
> > "combining low line" character (hexadecimal 0332). See
> > http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm.
> >
> > Finally, if the ordinary underline doesn't suit you, you could use any
> > other horizontal line (hyphen, en dash, em dash, etc.) with a caret in
> > an overstrike EQ field, as shown in
> > http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm.
> >
> > PS: The character's name is "caret". The "carat" is a unit of weight
> > for gemstones.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jay Freedman
> > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> > newsgroup so all may benefit.
> >


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