topic Re: plus/minus symbol? in Documentation

plus/minus symbol?

TomWaltz — Fri, 19 May 2023 14:08:33 GMT

Is there any way to get a "plus or minus" symbol into a text string?

(Mac 10.3.1, G5, Archicad 8.1)

Thanks!

Re: plus/minus symbol?

Djordje — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:49:11 GMT

knacad wrote:
Is there any way to get a "plus or minus" symbol into a text string?

A Maccer will probably answer soon.

On the PC, it is ALT 0177, as says the Character Map.

Re: plus/minus symbol?

Dave Jochum — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:50:46 GMT

On the Mac for most fonts: Opt/Shift/=
Key Caps will show all available symbols for a given font.

Re: plus/minus symbol?

TomWaltz — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:24:04 GMT

OK, dumb question.... what's Key Caps?

Re: plus/minus symbol?

Dave Jochum — Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:36:21 GMT

Sorry... Key Caps is an application that is included with the OS that maps the available characters for various key combinations. Find it at APPLICATIONS/UTILITIES/KEY CAPS.

Re: plus/minus symbol?

James Murray — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:08:15 GMT

In Panther, they removed Key Caps and put the functionality into 'Keyboard Viewer', which can accessed from the little flag on the menu bar once you:

Go System Preferences | International | Input Menu tab. Check 'Keyboard Viewer' and (at the bottom) 'Show input menu in menu bar'.

Re: plus/minus symbol?

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:58:09 GMT

Don't forget the new character palette, also under the flag (international) menu. It shows all the possible characters in every font. It's very cool and I haven't seen anything quite like it before.