Hi Flor & Steve; Thank you very much for your help & input. This question originated from a need to place a checkmark in a Word document, & since the checkmaark / square root are 1 in the same...
Yes Flor, in checking the scientific calculator keystrokes for the United States, the keystroke is shift + 2, as you suggested it would be. Thanks again for all the help, take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Flor Lynch To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Typing A Checkmark / Square root symbol using JAWS12 My Eloquence called that symbol, ASCII251, superscript1. Now the square root symbol itself is available in the Scientific Calculator of windows. how it is keyed may depend on your country keyboard. over here, it is shift2. (It may be a shifted apostrophe where you are.) Is this 'checkmark square root' a checkmark symbol, or a square root symbol? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Typing A Checkmark / Square root symbol > Hi Steve; > > Please excuse my last message. I pressed Alt + 0251 to get the U > circumflex. Typing Alt + 251, Jaws reads the letter, V. Would this > be > normal, possibly because the checkmark / square root symbol resembles > the > letter V? Thanks again, take care. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:36 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Typing A Checkmark / Square root symbol > > > You're right, you enable numpad then hold down the alt key and type > 251. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69ma...@charter.net> > To: "Jaws-Users List" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:09 AM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Typing A Checkmark / Square root symbol > > > > Hi All; > > > > How does someone type the Checkmark / Square root symbol? I did a > search > > & > > received mixed information. 1 search said that typing the ascii > code, > Alt > > + > > 251, is the checkmark / square root symbol & another result from > the > > search > > said that there is not a way to type the square root symbol. > Personally, > > I > > would think there is a keystroke for it, or people wouldn't be able > to > do > > math equations using a keyboard. Would you all please settle this, > & > let > > me > > know what the keystroke / ascii code for the checkmark / square > root is? > > All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, take care. > > Mike > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
