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Subject:RE: how to write click From:Lisamarie Babik <lmbabik -at- winspc -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 9 Nov 1999 14:39:05 -0500
At differing points in my career, I've handled this two different ways
(depending on what the customer wanted to see).
I've used the "pipe" symbol, also known as the stacked bars, the doo-hickey, or
"|".
For example:
Tools | Find All | Related Messages
Unfortunately, with some fonts (such as Tahoma, which I'm using here), it can
look like the letter "I" to the untrained eye.
The other method I've used is similar to what David Posada suggested, though
rather than using -> ("dash-greater-than"), I go into the symbol font and
insert the arrow. (In MSWord, Insert | Symbol, change font to Symbol. Select
the arrow: ?) That was it registers as a single keystroke, and you don't have
to worry about it getting separated across the line break when Word interprets
it as a hyphen.
(Unfortunately, the arrow may not show up in this e-mail. My apologies!)
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Lisamarie Babik
lmbabik -at- winspc -dot- com
Documentation Specialist
DataNet Quality Systems
24567 Northwestern Highway
Fourth Floor
Southfield, MI 48075
(248)357-2200
