How do folks make the text heart and other symbols??

Just trying some stuff out...


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Originally Posted by christa

Am I the only one that doesn't see ANY of your all's hearts???

I'm confused! :confused:

all I see is the code you typed to make them.

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Nevermind . . . NOW I can see all your pretties. :)

I don't think it works on firefox. :( the hearts (new ones, not html) all look like this to me: |

Ok, so maybe I am dumb... do I hod the alt key down, then press the plus sign, and the 3 at the same time? Or do I not use the plus sign? What key am I pressing when?

I cannot for the life of me make a heart!

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Originally Posted by wolfie

I don't think it works on firefox. :( the hearts (new ones, not html) all look like this to me: |

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Yes, it does. I'm using FireFox and I can view them with no problem. Go to view>character encoding and try putting it on "western" to see if that works (that's what mine is on and allows me to see them).

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Originally Posted by catnapper

Ok, so maybe I am dumb... do I hod the alt key down, then press the plus sign, and the 3 at the same time? Or do I not use the plus sign? What key am I pressing when?

I cannot for the life of me make a heart!

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Hold down the ALT button while you hit the number 3 on the NUM pad, not on the number bar above the letters on the keyboard. :) We just say ALT+3 because it means "the ALT key AND the number 3" hehe

I tried this last night and all I got was a question mark. :confused: I tried pressing the Alt key and the 3 on the num lock far right side of my key board. I also then tried it using the plain old 3 and then I tried it using the plus sign in between. Nothing is working. :(

Oh whew! I'm just seeing this thread for the first time and all I was seeing was ♥ and I'm thinking " .... why am I the only one not seeing any hearts ???" LOL Now it's my turn to try! I'm on a laptop so I don't have the numeric keypad, so I don't know if this will work the same.

Nope ! It doesn't work with a laptop.. Anybody know?

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Originally Posted by krazyaboutkatz

I tried this last night and all I got was a question mark. :confused: I tried pressing the Alt key and the 3 on the num lock far right side of my key board. I also then tried it using the plain old 3 and then I tried it using the plus sign in between. Nothing is working. :(

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If you're just seeing question marks, then your character encoding in your browser probably doesn't support these characters. Refer to my post above where I explain how to do it on Firefox, I believe hte process is similar with IE as well

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Originally Posted by MommyOf3cats

Oh whew! I'm just seeing this thread for the first time and all I was seeing was ♥ and I'm thinking " .... why am I the only one not seeing any hearts ???" LOL Now it's my turn to try! I'm on a laptop so I don't have the numeric keypad, so I don't know if this will work the same.

Nope ! It doesn't work with a laptop.. Anybody know?

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No, you can't do it on a laptop, unfortunately, because you don't have a numpad. :( BUT you can try copying and pasting a heart from someone else's post though! Maybe that will work?

Copy and pasting here ...

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It works !! :) Now why didn't I think of that sooner ;)

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Appearintly &# 9829; makes a heart now :p (no space)

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Originally Posted by slleipnir

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Appearintly &# 9829; makes a heart now :p (no space)

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Yup, that's another ASCII trick :)

Although not as convieniant as the alt whatever...I have a laptop too, and you can still do them with numbers

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