On a regular "qwerty" keyboard, the "shift-," has always generated a "<" (less than) sign. Going back to typewriters, asterisk "*" has always been shift of "8".
Nick On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:18:37 -0400 (EDT), Laura Wolk wrote: >Hi Terri, >On a regular PC, isn't the asterisk the shift key plus the comma? If so, than >what is this keystroke on a qt keyboard, and why did PDI make them different? I don't use the shift numbers very much except for 1, 9, and 0, but isn't 8 the dollar sign or something? Laura >"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case." >(George W. Bush, --Pella, Iowa, San Antonio Express News, Jan. 30, 2000) >>------ original message ------ >>from: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Star sign in braille >>For people using QT keyboards, the star sign is a shift 8. >>Terri, Amateur radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, >>California >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
