Rand: On my Word 97 (and probably yours is not really different) you can click on 'insert' then 'symbol' and a large chart of special symbols will appear, including copyright, squared, etc. etc. If you're using e-mail, you can open MS word, go to symbol, click on the X, click 'insert' which will make it appear on a blank document, highlight the X, do edit-copy, then go back into e-mail and do edit-paste-special to get the symbol X into your message. If you don't do edit-paste-special, just edit-paste, you'll get a question mark, instead. Experiment and see how your computer reacts. Cynthia Mueller >>> writserv@nbnet.nb.ca 6/9/04 7:25:22 AM >>> John: >The x of normal fonts is used for convenience because of the difficulty of >coaxing most computers to provide the multiplication sign! If anyone can >tell me what combination of keys will produce it in Microsoft Word 2000 I >should be immensely grateful! Word for Mac x notho, neither. Rand _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php