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can somebody give me plus and minus symbol.

English translation: MT Extra font

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English term or phrase:plus and minus symbol
Selected answer:MT Extra font
Entered by: John Kinory (X)

05:23 Jul 25, 2002
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: can somebody give me plus and minus symbol.
In MS word, I can get the + on top and - below it symbol.But the other way, that is - on top and + below it is not found, can somebody show me where to find it in symbols, or any other way.
salman
Local time: 22:21
late answer
Explanation:
the -/+ symbol also exists in the MT Extra font which, I believe, installs with MS Office. Look for it. (I can also mail it to you, if you wish).

To CD Clark: it depends on the keyboard code you have in Windows. When I follow your directions on my Polish programmers' keyboard, I get the Polish letter ¹ (a,)...


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Note added at 2002-07-25 08:50:09 (GMT)
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Or, most likely, the font installs when you install the equation editor function in MS Word.
I always install the equation editor, so I wrote that the font installs with MS Office, but it ain\'t necessarily so...

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Note added at 2002-07-25 08:51:02 (GMT)
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I typed this in and then saw your reply - glad you found it :-)))
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PAS
Local time: 18:51
Grading comment
MANTEN to you. MANTEN in japanese means, full points.

thanks to you and others who tried to help me.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5Minus over plus is in Euclid Extra
Attila Piróth
5I have it in "Math B" (TrueType)
Edward L. Crosby III
4 +1late answer
PAS
5 -1This is the easy way using Word
Christina Clark


Discussion entries: 7





  

Answers


13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Minus over plus is in Euclid Extra


Explanation:
Insert
Symbol
and then choose Euclid Extra as Font.
HTH

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Note added at 2002-07-25 08:15:28 (GMT)
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See
http://www.dessci.com/features/win/fonts.stm

You can download Euclid Extra - or simply copy-paste the relevant symbol from there.

Attila Piróth
France
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in pair: 184
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I have it in "Math B" (TrueType)


Explanation:
E-mail me and I'll send you the font file.

Edward L. Crosby III
Local time: 09:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
This is the easy way using Word


Explanation:
You can insert any symbol or character in Word if you know the character code.

The character code for the minus-plus sign is: 2213.

You simply tyoe in the code and press Alt+X and voila! You have the mathematic sign on you document.

Hope this helps!

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Note added at 2002-07-25 08:17:56 (GMT)
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Sorry for the typo! It should read \"you simply type\"

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Note added at 2002-07-25 08:32:57 (GMT)
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You type 2213 first, then you pres the ALT-key and the X-key down at the same time. Then the 2213 should change to the minus-plus sign.

I just wrote \"voila!\" to say \"hey presto\" or \"there you go\" meaning the result is before you. ;-)

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Note added at 2002-07-25 08:40:52 (GMT)
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You type 2213 first, then you pres the ALT-key and the X-key down at the same time. Then the 2213 should change to the minus-plus sign.

I just wrote \"voila!\" to say \"hey presto\" or \"there you go\" meaning the result is before you. ;-)

Christina Clark
Denmark
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in pair: 9

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Edward L. Crosby III: If you just type "2213" into your document, that's what you get ("2213"). If you use NumLock and Alt to enter the code, you get Ñ (in Word 8, anyway).
37 mins
  -> Well. it works for me! And according to Microsoft's help: By using the character code, you can later insert Unicode without opening the Symbol dialog box. Type the character code directly into a document, and then press ALT+X.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
late answer


Explanation:
the -/+ symbol also exists in the MT Extra font which, I believe, installs with MS Office. Look for it. (I can also mail it to you, if you wish).

To CD Clark: it depends on the keyboard code you have in Windows. When I follow your directions on my Polish programmers' keyboard, I get the Polish letter ¹ (a,)...


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2002-07-25 08:50:09 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Or, most likely, the font installs when you install the equation editor function in MS Word.
I always install the equation editor, so I wrote that the font installs with MS Office, but it ain\'t necessarily so...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2002-07-25 08:51:02 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

I typed this in and then saw your reply - glad you found it :-)))

PAS
Local time: 18:51
PRO pts in pair: 44
Grading comment
MANTEN to you. MANTEN in japanese means, full points.

thanks to you and others who tried to help me.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edward L. Crosby III: You're right; didn't notice it in MT Extra.
15 mins
  -> yeah, it's hiding in there. I didn't know it was there, but knew that MT Extra is related to the Eqn. Ed., so I clicked on the character map and there it was. :-)
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