Today's Tip - 4/11/2006
Sorry for the long absence dear readers. Had to take care of some pressing network issues.
How To: Entering a <Tab> in a Gmail message:
It is very frustrating to try and to insert a simple Tab character into a "Rich Text" editor, especially when they are part of a web page. As I'm sure many have noticed, this is especially irritating in GMail. Pressing the Tab key moves you to the "Send" button. Argh! Never fear, for I have found a way to do this!
This only works on a keyboard with a numeric keypad like those found on most PCs. If you have a laptop you can use the embedded numeric keypad if your laptop has one.
To enter a Tab place the cursor where you want the Tab to appear then depress and hold down the left "ALT' key. Next, type the number "009" on the numeric keypad. Last, release the left "ALT" key and Tada! - Your Tab appears!
This method can be used to produce many other characters too. This is because the TAB character is only one entry in something known as the Extended ASCII Table. For a look at what you can do with these secret codes here is a link to a chart you can keep for reference (I'd suggest creating a bookmark to it so you'll always have it available. I'm going toi cover creating bookmarks in a future blog post):
That's all I have for today.
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