On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 18:46:56 -0800, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> blake wrote:
>
>> when i transcribe recipes, i use notepad, and i'm not even sure it savvies
>> the special characters.
>
> Yes, Notepad can handle fraction characters. You can use the "Replace"
> function in Notepad can change ¼ to 1/4, ½ to 1/2, and ¾ to 3/4, if you want
> to go to all that trouble. You can write a Word macro to do those three
> things with one button, too. Or you can write a bat or sed script (depending
> on your OS) to do all three things at once.
>
> Bob

there doesn't seem to be much payback for the effort. plus, if i boop the
straight text into some other format, no chance it will get garbled.

your pal,
blake