[Rockhounds] Subscript notations in e-mails

[J Bryan Kramer]

Nope doesn't work on list posts. The list software strips any non ASCII
characters and you can cut and paste but the result is limited to  the ASCII
character set. The UNICODE data has gone to that great bit bucket and will
not be seen again.

BK

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Pete Richards <rpr at heidelberg.edu> wrote:

> To broaden the discussion, I use the Macintosh Mail program.  I did
> not get the subscripts/superscripts in Pete's test posting or in
> Stephen Douglas' test posting.  It does not seem to offer to let me
> make sub/superscripts, though I can change the font size, so I can
> give you
> CaSO4•2H2O.
>
> The help utility suggests that if I can make subscripts in a Unicode-
> using program (e.g. MS Word), then copy and paste them into my email,
> the receiver of the email should be able to open the email and paste
> the text into such a program and see the subscripts, even if they
> don't show up in the email itself.
>
>  From Word (base font size 18pt):  Na2SO4•7H2O by the m3.
> Oh, look, it shows up with the sub and superscripts on my screen,
> anyway.
>
> Pete Richards
>
>
>
> On Mar 10, 2008, at 12:47 PM, CCFMS Web Admin wrote:
> >
> > I'll put my theory to the test with the following line of text:
> >
> > "My car is comprised of two yds3 of Fe3O4" This is superscript.
> > This is
> > subscript
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Stephen Douglas
> > ___________________________________
>
> R. Peter Richards
> rpr at heidelberg.edu
> Morphological crystallographer
>
>
>
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