Re: Symbol for pressing RETURN?

[Martha J Davidson <editrix -at- SLIP -dot- NET>]

At 12:23 PM 5/6/99 -0400, Karen Peterson asked:
>
>I want to put a symbol at the end of typed text to indicate that the user
>must press RETURN. I'm torn between using the carriage return symbol
>(Symbol, char 0191) and the registered trademark symbol (circle R).

I don't know what char 0191 looks like, but if it's the bent arrow shape
that appears on the ENTER key on many keyboards, I vote for that.

Speaking only for myself, as a somewhat typical software user and frequent
manual reader, I'd be confused if I saw a registered trademark symbol at
the end of text I was being asked to type.  I'd stop, scratch my head, and
wonder what was trademarked about that particular text.  Yes, I'd also look
for a "Conventions" section at the beginning of the manual (assuming it was
a hardcopy book), but my gut instinct is to see this as non-standard usage
of a standard symbol, and likely not to communicate what you're hoping it
will.

martha

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