Using character map in Microsoft Mail

[Maxine]

Whenever I try to insert the ¢ character into an email message using the
keystroke (Alt+0162) I get a very small smiley face. This also happens
when trying to insert other symbols. The only way I can insert anything is
to copy and paste it into the email message. This did not happen in XP
Outlook Express.

Is there any way I fix this??

Thanks!

 

[Charlie Tame]

Whenever I try to insert the ¢ character into an email message using
the keystroke (Alt+0162) I get a very small smiley face. This also
happens when trying to insert other symbols. The only way I can insert
anything is to copy and paste it into the email message. This did not
happen in XP Outlook Express.

Is there any way I fix this??

Thanks!

¢ is what I just got, are you composing in plain text?

 

[Maxine]

¢ is what I just got, are you composing in plain text?

HTML is checked. It also doesn't work in Word, so something must be set
wrong.

 

[Maxine]

Steve,
Thanks for the response. I did as you said and International Send Setting
is set to Western European (ISO) and "when replying to message always use
English headers is checked. Under Read tab International Read Settings says
Western European (Windows) and box is not checked. I checked my other pc
running XP and settings were the same and I get the 'cent' sign.
I still get ☻ here with Vista. Any more suggestions??

Maxine

 

[Steve Cochran]

¢ is what I get. Try going to Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools
| Character Map and then highlight the cent character and hit the select
button. Then try copying and pasting from that.

If I use the Alt-162 this is what I get: ó . If I just copy from
Character map this is what I get: ¢

I don't pretend to fathom how its working.

steve

 

[Guest]

In the message window what encoding are you using

Format menu - Encoding

 

[Maxine]

I am still needing help on this problem.
Maxine

Steve,
Thanks for the response. I did as you said and International Send Setting
is set to Western European (ISO) and "when replying to message always use
English headers is checked. Under Read tab International Read Settings
says Western European (Windows) and box is not checked. I checked my other
pc running XP and settings were the same and I get the 'cent' sign.
I still get ☻ here with Vista. Any more suggestions??

Maxine

 

[Sam Hobbs]

This message is a month old so you might not need help anymore (might never
see this) but all the previous messages in this thread have the Encoding
"Western European (ISO)" and I see the cent symbol in every one. For this
last reply though the Encoding is "Unicode (UTF-8)" and I see the smiley
face.

 

[eric]

This message is a month old so you might not need help anymore (might
never see this) but all the previous messages in this thread have the
Encoding "Western European (ISO)" and I see the cent symbol in every one.
For this last reply though the Encoding is "Unicode (UTF-8)" and I see the
smiley face.