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On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:21:43 -0500, Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> wrote:
> I'm not running Windows, but my ANSI cheat sheet tells me that to get
> mu (micro), you switch to the Symbol font and type Alt-0109 (hold down
> the Alt key and type these numbers on the numeric keypad). If that
> works, let techwr-l know so that others can benefit from your question.
> If not, please provide the correct shortcut (ditto).
I just tried this in Windows, and it does work, and gives you the
prettier version of the mu character.
> On the Mac, simply type Option-m and you'll get the mu in most fonts
> except Symbol, where you need only type lower-case m. (This may also
> work in Windows. Again, haven't tried this.)
Just tried this too In Windows. You can simply type lowercase 'm' in
the Symbol font and get the mu symbol. Incidentally, Alt+0109 in a
normal font is the lowercase 'm'. So the Alt+0109 is actually the long
way to do it...
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