Random Daily Banter

[briantrumpet]

Ctrl Alt +

I know that you're saying that that should give me superscript, but I can't make it work.

 

[Ian H]

I know that you're saying that that should give me superscript, but I can't make it work.

It varies by keyboard. Laptops are more limited. Strangely enough, an Android phone can do it: 10⁵⁷

 

[briantrumpet]

It varies by keyboard. Laptops are more limited. Strangely enough, an Android phone can do it: 10⁵⁷

It's not that I need superscript regularly (if at all), just that I like an elegant shortcut (especially if I can remember it).

 

[PurplePenguin]

It's not that I need superscript regularly (if at all), just that I like an elegant shortcut (especially if I can remember it).

In Word it is ctrl shift +

 

[briantrumpet]

In Word it is ctrl shift +

I don't use Word, though that highlights that it's a bit daft that there isn't an easily-accessed Windows shortcut — as there now is/are for en- and em-dashes in Windows — just different ones for different apps (Google, Word, etc.) My brain isn't good enough to retain a load of shortcuts that I only occasionally use.

Android is superior in that aspect (ditto iOS), in that a lot of symbols are easily accessed through the long-press function on the keyboard.

(Side note: I think there would be a good nerdy book to be written on the evolution of the long-press function, on everything from 'simple' power buttons on bike lights, to computing machines. It seems to be an almost universal thing to try now, if you're trying to access functionality without reading an instruction booklet.)

 

[Ian H]

Playing with the Swipe keyboard.
- _— - –♥♪∆

 

[Mr Celine]

I was stuck on last week's Observer crossword. 1 across "Committee member recalled enthralling viral content (4)".
I had R _ M _

This week's Observer -

Unfortunately, due to an editorial error, the clue for 1 across in last week's crossword was published incorrectly in print editions of the newspaper. It should have read: "Starters of rancid octopus given to every man in city on the Tiber (4)"

Worse than the Grauniad!

 

[Ian H]

I was stuck on last week's Observer crossword. 1 across "Committee member recalled enthralling viral content (4)".
I had R _ M _

This week's Observer -


Worse than the Grauniad!

Just a typo. I'm sure you could have worked it out.

 

[Ian H]