insert Greek symbols

[Lea Rush]

John and Clint,

There was an earnest and well-presented rant a couple of years ago advising
strongly against using the Symbol font to create common Greek characters.
The reasoning was that if you print to something in which the Symbol font is
not installed, it can have disastrous consequences. (The example was a
scientific paper in which a mu in Symbol font would change to an m in a
standard font, changing the notation for scientific measurements by three
orders of magnitude. That would be Bad.) The advice at the end was to use
"u" to represent µ. I don't go that far; I use 

http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2009-March/016085.html

If I may pick a tiny nit, ALT+077 is a capital M which then needs the Symbol
font to become a mu. On the other hand, ALT+0181 is a native mu (µ) as is
ALT+230 (µ). Here's a list of Greek character codes for the OCD completists
(*raises hand*):

http://www.theasciicode.com.ar/ascii-table-codes/ascii-codes-230.html

HTH,
Lea
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Owen, Clint
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 7:46 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: insert Greek symbols
> 
> John,
> 
> Special characters are accessible by typing the ALT key and the ANSI
> code, then changing the resulting text to the Symbol font. I have a
> printed list of the characters, but I am not sure where I got it. Mu
> happens to be ALT + 077.
> 
> Clint
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> Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John
> Radanovich
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:43 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: insert Greek symbols
> 
> Hi,
> 
> How do I insert math symbols inline? Do I have to create an equation
> string or can I just insert a symbol, like the Greek mu?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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