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Saturday, November 20, 2010

ASCII Code ♥ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♥

A friend asked how I make the little music notes in my writing.  So here's the trick:

To make music notes: you need to have a full sized keyboard with the 10-key on the right side. First hold down the ALT key (just to the left or right of your space bar). While holding that down, hit 1 & then 3 on the 10-key pad. That makes ♪. To make the 1/16th  notes do ALT & 1 4  ♫.

To make a heart do ALT & 3.   ♥

Try other combinations! This is called the ASCII (pronounced asky) code.