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> Can you read this?  360�

Yep - even in my plain-text spam filter, ironically enough (though it's
Windows based and may be "smart" enough to know how to display at least
some of the special character set).

--
GregR


--- John Cole  wrote:

>  Yes. I can see it in the MS Entourage email program on my Mac.
> 
> Can you read this?  360�
> 
> On the Mac the degree sign is option-asterisk (shift-option-8)
> 
> John Cole
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: "Greg R." 
> Reply-To: 
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:08:34 -0700
> To: NavList 
> Subject: [NavList 5286] Character Test - Degree Symbol
> 
> I'm wondering if everyone on the list can see the special character
> for the
> degree symbol on their end - if so, I think that would be a lot
> easier to
> use than the various workarounds (this format - i.e. 180deg 00' -
> seems to
> be the favorite flavor du jour).
>  
> I'm not sure if the degree symbol translates to text-only e-mail
> clients, so
> if everyone can read the format at the end of this sentence I'd like
> to
> propose that we use the symbol vs. typing out "deg" (it would also
> more
> closely approximate what I'm assuming most of us are using for our
> own
> calculations/worksheets: 180� 00'
>  
> Windows users can find the degree symbol with the Character Map
> program
> (charmap.exe), or even easier just copy and paste it from another
> post...
> ;-)
>  
> --
> GregR
> 
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> > 
> 


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