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Thread #40563 Message #583185
Posted By: JohnInKansas
31-Oct-01 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: HTML Characters
Subject: RE: BS: HTML Characters
WYS:
If you just want to replace your bitty dots with a bigun, you can use - ASCI value 149, which is a bigger bullet contained in most of the standard fonts.
In word, Edit-Find (or Ctrl-F) copy one of your little bullets (Ctrl-C) and paste it (Ctrl-V) into the find box. See if Word can find one, by clicking Find Next.
If that works, you can go to Edit-Replace ( or Ctrl-E, E) copy one of your little bullets (Ctrl-C) and paste it (Ctrl-V) into the find box. Then make sure "NumLock" is on, put your cursor in the Replace With box, hold down the Alt key while you type 0149 on the number pad. You should get a perfectly good bullet.
Do a "Find Next," and if it finds a little bullet, click replace. If it all works, you can hit Replace All.
The ASCII #0149 bullet is in the "standard keyboard" characters area - and is legal in html "by inheritance." It's not listed in the spec, since they chose to use a different number for the • character, but there is no reason you can't "type it" into your document - other than it ain't on the keyboard.
Or - as they say:
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