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What exactly is a "one finger = sign" if what I just described *isn't*?
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Gord Dibben said:
RD
That is normal keyboard. OP wanted a one finger = sign.
Well, aside from the somewhat scatalogical interpretation, the OP wanted
to be able to use one hand on the numeric keypad to enter formulae. On
many less fortunate keyboards, there's no = sign on the keypad, so some
users use the + sign to start a formula (and, I suppose, only use
references to columns A-G).
Are you saying that you could equate the majority of this thread to the
study of what dinosaurs left behind that became petrified?
And I don't mean their bones.
Anyway, RIGHT hand for the num pad, by touch, without looking.
RIGHT hand for the = sign, with just a quick glance!
Actually the OP just wanted to know if having the + in there had any effect.
I think he is working on someone elses spreadsheet, and that person either
1) used the 10 key pad and wanted to press the + since there is a + key
right there, and not (on US keyboards anyways) an = key in the vicinity.
2) learnt to enter formulas in Lotus, where a + is used instead of =.
Now that we are way off topic....
Frank, do you have an add-on numeric keyboard for your laptop. I find mine
quite useful but it cannot be used to enter (for example) the Plus/minus
sign with ALT+0177 . Does this mean it is not sending the same data to the
CPU as a real number pad?
Are we still allowed to call them laptops? The manual for mine warms me not
to use it on my lap!
Bernard
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