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Subject:Re: Making Cents of the Keyboard From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 10 May 1995 10:38:32 -0700
Diane Williams said:
> I would like to see the cents symbol replace the ^ (caret) symbol on the
> standard keyboard, though, and also transmit properly to my cyber
> friends. Don't you think "cents" would be used more often than "^"?
This is the normal abbreviation for the Ctrl key, so no, I don't think
I would use 'cents' more often.
