I think it's shorthand for "section." It's used a lot in legal documents. Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Josef Lowder wrote: > Can anyone tell me what this symbol means? > > § > > Perhaps it has multiple applications/meanings? > > Is there some way to access this symbol from a standard 108 keyboard? > In Pagemaker, by experimenting, I discovered that CTRL+SHIFT+6 > produces this symbol. > > CTRL+Shift+O = © (copyright symbol) > CTRL+shift + 3 = page number > CTRL+SHIFT+6 = § > CTRL+SHIFT+7 = ¶ (paragraph symbol?) > CTRL+SHIFT+8 = • (a bullet point) > > Are there other symbols that are commonly accessible from a standard > 108 keyboard? Where can one find a table listing and describing such > symbols? > > Google found this: > The symbol Unicode symbol U+2118 (℘) is the Weierstrass elliptic > function symbol. > It is notorious for being one of the most wrongly named Unicode > symbols. Unicode named it SCRIPT CAPITAL P and once a Unicode > character is named. Unicode has vowed that this name shall never be > changed in a future version of Unicode to avoid confusion within > tables and software that references tables. As the Unicode people say > in the Unicode Manual 5.0, 15 section 15.2: > > “Despite its name U+2118 SCRIPT CAPITAL P is neither script nor > capital—it is uniquely the Weierstrass elliptic function symbol > derived from a calligraphic /lowercase/ p, ...” However the Unicode > people have recently discovered that they are allowed to introduce > official informative aliases for their characters and they have now > done this for U+2118. The official alias is: Weierstrass elliptic > function. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss