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Donna's suggestion is a good choice if the b+/ combination can't be used in
your DTP tool, John. We used to use a caret. The caret looks like an
upside-down uppercase v. I did find it in Word: Insert | Symbol | ... select
Symbols. The caret (61657) is in the second to last row, 11th character from
the right. (Sheesh, it must be Friday!!)
Personally, I'd use Donna's idea. Just make sure you explain the convention
you use to your audience.
Jenise Cook-Crabbe
Sr. Fading Fast on Friday
<<opinion is all mine, and
not my employer's; no, not
one word.>>
-----Original Message-----
From: Isley, Donna D - CNF [mailto:Isley -dot- Donna -at- cnf -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 12:18 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Depicting Spaces
Don't know what it's called officially, but we use a symbol found in the
Wingdings 3 font (61526), it looks like a flattened U. One symbol for each
space.
Donna D. Isley
isley -dot- donna -at- cnf -dot- com
-----Original Message-----
From: John J. Gardiner [mailto:john -at- johngardiner -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:09 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Depicting Spaces
<snip>
Obviously, users would need to know that the underscore is not used in the
code, but simply represents a space. Does anyone have any suggestions of
how to handle this effectively in docs?
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