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Thanks for the tip!

Brad thanks for the reminder I am always forgetting the shortcuts for these. I will admit REALTOR® looks better than REALTOR(R). Not to mention the best part that I really hate to admit, I have never used the alt fn with the blue numbers on my laptop as I never figured out how to. THANKS!

Thanks Brad!  The degree symbol used to work for me by doing alt 0167...but then it stopped working and I get this symbol instead §  Do you have a clue as to what it might be?  I end up using the one in the char map under system tools, but that's a pain in the tush.  I'm looking for degree like it's 117°  outside right now, or set the oven at 350°

Thanks!

I knew there was a reason to use AR to more than just promote myself.

Odd.  I was all excited and tried that (after looking at the character map and confirming) and it gave me J, not the sign I was seeking. 

Any ideas?

Thanks for the info - I forgot all about those shortcuts!! I'm bookmarking this post...

Pamela, you're very welcome, just pay it forward to my company when you can!!  (BIG SMILE)

Ashley - glad that helps.  I too had not been using this option on my laptop.  All came about when I needed to have a flyer approved!  Man, don't ever do that!!  LOL!

Mary, when you get to the character map, click the box that says advanced.  If it is set on UNICODE, change it to say "Windows:Western" is the proper character mapping.  Let me know if that fixes it. If not, we'll go to level 2 support!  (friendly operator is standing by...) :-)

GEEK SPEAK, but thank you.

Ok, Heres my attempt at it....

Realtor ding, ding...I keep getting a ding sound ??

Realtor®    OMG- I ever noticed the blue numbers on the lettered keypads...you  are so awesome! !!!

® Way Cool!!!  Thanks Brad!

REALTOR® - How cool I truly just learned something new for the day!! Thank you

§  Nope, doesn't work. :(

You have no idea how much this helps....I must have sat at my computer for ten minutes the other day and could not figure this out.  Kudos!

®- Thanks, I did it! Great help!

David - you'd be surprised!!  :-) Active Rain is "The Rain"  Read the book The Rainmaker!  You'll love it!

Tricia - not sure what it is, but if you select the character map, pick the symbol you want, it will tell you in the lower right corner what the shortcut key is.  If you don't get it to work, come back and let me know.

Melissa - thanks for the bookmark, if we add up all the seconds Realtors can save by NOT having to search for these symbols, it would be huge!!

Brad - none of the links I'd checked out before made any sense for using the Alt keys on a notebook computer. Thanks for the tip. Hope you don't mind, but I went back to my January post on the various uses of the Alt key and added a link to this post to save notebook users some grief.

Bob - The simplistic method in which one obtains purposeful knowledge and peace of mind, only comes when specific undesirable challenges are addressed and eliminated!   NOW THAT'S GEEK SPEAK!!  LOL!  :-)

Brad,

I have been waiting for this on my blogs..thanks!

Thank you !  I never knew how to do that, so I hope I can remember  0174

Brad, We are alike, that's the reason that I like you, keep the good blog, I answered in the other blog how was the stuff in the UFC, I meant on one of my blogs where you asked.

 

Brad...I just saved one of the REALTOR links. Tomorrow I'll go copy the symbols into my graphics folder!

It's 11:30 PM and I'll NEVER remember all of that! Great idea for a post...and appreciated!

Thanks for another very informative post.  Now for the next lesson-how about how to pronounce REALTOR®?

 

guilty as charged... I often only capitalize the R - and another one that works is alt, ctrl, r

at least in word that works

Michelle - Ding Ding...that's funny...sorry!  Glad you got it, you're welcome!

Sandy - thanks!

Rebecca - one a day, that's all I ask!  :-)  Nice to learn a new trick once in a while, great job!

Mary - that symbol means you have the settings wrong.  All you do is click the advanced box, and change the UNICODE or whatever it is, to Windows:Western, then try again. Let me know if that works for you.  :-)

Stacie - that's 10 minutes you shouldn't have to waste, that's what my posts are really all about, and your comment is exactly why I keep posting this stuff.  The kudos really go to you for finding this post! Thanks!

Cheri' - no excuses now, we'll be looking for it on all you posts!!  LOL  :-)  Thanks for the comment.

Sharon - thanks for the "Link Love" to your January post!  Sometimes the best things in life are right in front of us, and we just don't see them.  Take a close look at your keyboard and laptop, I bet if you look real hard, you'll find 5 or more things that you never use or even knew were there.  I'm guilty too. :-)

Neal - you are definately the ®eal Deal!  :-) Thanks for commenting!

Missy, if you do forget, just bookmark this post and you can come back, say hi, have a cup o java, and cut & paste it from here, or get the Alt code again.  The point is, I like when you come around and leave such nice comments!

Ravi - did you not believe me?  LOL!  Glad it works for you my friend!  It should work for every computer user.

 

Ray - I'll come check out your UFC response after I finish here and upload my next post. Thanks!

Joan - you just do whatever your little heart desires!  :-)  Cut and paste is even quicker as long as it doesn't take you 10 clicks to get to the page that has the graphic...You know best!  BTW - How's that recliner doing?  I still go back and look at your photo often. :-)

 

Marlene - It's funny you asked that, and I am glad you did!  The proper way to pronounce REALTOR®, is like this:  Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source Re·al·tor      /ˈriəltər, -ˌtɔr, ˈril-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ree-uhl-ter, -tawr, reel-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation Trademark.

a person who works in the real-estate business and is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, or one of its constituent boards, and abides by its Code of Ethics.

Many people say it like "Real i tor", but why?..... there is no "I" in REALTOR®

That was neat...in Hawaii we use Realtor-Associate® , and REALTOR® for Brokers and both who are members of the NAR and local boards. 

® WooHoo!    Can anyone use ©   for their posts?

Thesa - check out some of the links in the post above, they'll explain why they don't want (R)ealtors to do that.  There's some great info at those links.

 

Sally - thanks...I mean mahalo!  :-)  I see you tried the copyright, now let's see if you can do the Trade Mark symbol, that will be the true test!  Thanks for your comment.

™  and...?

A+  ...  now, How about the upside down question mark?  ¿  (no cutting and pasting mine either!!  LOL!  :-)

I think I missed the "REALTOR® is always Caps" lecture.  I was getting the "IT's REAL-TOR, not REAL-I-TOR" Lecture ;)

Lexa Montierth

Proud REALTOR® who sometimes slips and adds an extra vowel. 

LOL! Lexa - Ahh yes, I have heard the same lecture many times, I act like I've never heard it before! :-)

Hi Brad, thanks for the tips.  I usually end up having to copy those symbols from somewhere else...and yes I have also not used them on some occasions!  Bad bad bad, I know.

I have bookmarked your post for future reference...I should print it out too...

I am glad you wrote this post Brad, I know I have answered this very same question several times over the last couple of weeks. I hope others find it very useful

Hi Becky - thanks for the bookmark, glad this helps you.  You're not bad bad bad, how can you be for something you may not know.  I don't think many of the members knew this based on some of the posts and even the Profiles I have seen.  Enjoy your day, and thanks for your comment!

                                                      

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Bud - nice to see you back!!  I'm glad you liked this post.  It seems like such a small thing, but in the eyes of the NAR, REALTOR®, and the logo, these are important things for Agents to know.  I have many friends in this business that I felt this would help, I too get the question often.  Thanks Bud!

BTW - I noticed your first iPod Nano post, and comments already, glad to see you took my advice.  I think you'll find your way in the "rain", it just takes a little time to get into the swing of things and understand how it all works.  I'm still not there yet, but I don't give up easily, and I'm not a quitter.  Glad to see the same from you Bud.  :-)

Brad - Good post.  I typically edit my blogs in MS Word and there I can hold down the CONTROL & ALT with the R to get the ®  and it does cut and paste as in this example - REALTOR®.  However, I noticed it does not work in the AR editor which I typically use for my comments like this one.

Here is a tip you might want to work it - you notice how many blogs and comments have too much space between paragraphs and lines.

This can be avoided by hitting the RETURN Key with the SHIFT KEY and you can have a Sig file that is laid out like mine is and not have the extra space between the lines.

Now Have a Blessed Day,

John Occhi, Hemet CA REALTOR®
Mission Grove REALTY

PS - Brad, you were going to call me after my company left Tuesday morning - any time is good for me now.

 

This was very helpful Brad, I've bookmarked it.  I often resort to the term real estate agent because I have'nt known how to create the trademark symbol.

Another 5 you get. Knew key commands for all of this on a mac, but have not known this until now. Very helpful. Have you seen the mac/pc video on Laurie Manny's blog today?

Awesome post.  I've been a REALTOR® for a while now, but have never heard of that shortcut.  Thank you.

Hi, Brad!

Really, thanks for sharing this tip!  This is great!  I have already been using the term, "Realtor®" from since I joined a local board.  I know I've been diligent doing this. However the way I would do it is the long way, which is to go to the Realtor® site, type in "logo" on the search bar, scroll all the way down till I could copy the word Realtor® and then paste it.  Thanks for the short cut! Such a time-saver!

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Hopefully this demonstrates your point!  LOL!  And an excellent one at that!  Hey, how come I can't rate you comments, you know, give you a 5 or some bonus points or something?  :-)

Lola - I hadn't thought about doing it that way, but what an excellent idea.  I wonder how many others do that as well.  Glad you found this post, and I hope this helps others too!  Even if they don't comment, at least they can take from here, and give back somewhere else. :-)

Gary - thanks for the 5, I'll head over to Laurie's when I'm done here.  Wish I could help you more on the MAC side, all I have is an iPod.  Not much help there....sorry!  :-)

Tina - we learn something new every day!  I'm glad I was able to contribute to your knowledge of how to do this.  Now, go "pay it forward" to someone or somewhere else on Active Rain.  That's how we roll here!  :-)
Thanks for the nice comment!!  I look forward to reading your Blog as well.  :-)

Emilie - this will save you lot's of time and keep you from procrastinating every time you need to use the word REALTOR®!  So happy that you found this post, if you were the only one that this post helped, it would all have been worth the time and effort.  Thank you sincerely! 

BTW - You are my newest associate, and happy to have you as part of my referral network! :-)

Gee, thanks for this, Brad ! I knew about the © symbol being necessary, however I did not realize the letters all had to be capitalized.  Busy now making a bunch of corrections where-ever I have used that term .

Your blog is always so helpful and uplifting, it truly is a bright spot to come to ~ just like you !

Jo 

Jo-Anne - you always leave the nicest comments, I bet you have buyers and sellers coming out your ears, ringing your phone off the hook, banging down your door, bombarding your office, emailing you daily, and writing you letters trying to get you to help them buy and sell their homes!!!!  Remember the ®eal symbol in REALTOR®, is not the ®, the ®eal symbol is YOU!! 

Don't work too hard on finding and fixing all those ®'s.  :-))

Well learn something everyday.  Thank you I am bookmarking this post! 

Darlene Wurth REALTOR ®

 

Very nice Darlene, I feel much better and will sleep better at night knowing you got this ® thing down. LOL!  :-)

I didn't know how fortunate I am to join AR and learned all of this things. I will bookmark this post and thanks again. Tried to do it with MAC but no success.  Anybody who knows how to do it in MAC, I would appreciate  the help.  Thanks.

 

 

Brad,

So that's how it's done.  I asked a blogger in the comments section of a post when I first joined AR, but he never got back to me.  I sort of gave up on ever learning how to do it.  Thanks so much for taking the time to set us straight.  Yes, I want to use the REALTOR® designation correctly.  Oh joy, look...it worked. 

Thanks again,

Fran

Teresita - I wish my 20 year old "MAC expert" were here, I'd put him on the blog, he's preparing for Cal Poly this week!  (Gonna miss that boy)  :-(  So here is what I did, I went in to google and did a search for "How do I find the symbol ® on a MAC" and it gave me back this!  I hope this helps you and all the other REALTORS® using MAC! 

http://tlt.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codemac.html

Have a great weekend!!  B-)

Fran - you're too cute...of course it worked!!  LOL!  Sorry bout that initial blogger who didn't get back to you, I would never do that, not on purpose at least!  Enjoy!! 

Good Morning Brad,
Another Brad helpful hint! You are full of it!  Good stuff, that is.  Keep 'im coming, I'm a sponge.  Thank you.

Top of the mornin to ya Cynthia - Sponge? Do you have a husband named Bob?  (hehehe) Sorry, that was my feeble attempt at making a wise-crack, probably too early for that though!  LOL!  Glad you're finding these posts to be useful!  Hope you have another great day!

Great post, I don't think many REALTORs knew this. I hate to admit ignorance on this subject, but I didn't know REALTOR was all capitalized. Thank you Brad!

Galel - glad this post found you, or you found it!  Yes, REALTOR® is suppose to always be capitalized, and it should always have the symbol ® after it.  I know that there are many who did not know this, that's why I did this post.  Thanks for your comment and for stopping by my blog!  :-)

Brad,  Thanks for the tips and information.  This is great stuff to know!

David - if the ALT code is not working for you, try changing your advanced settings. All you do is click the advanced box, and change the UNICODE or whatever it is, to Windows:Western, then try again. Let me know if that works for you.  :-)

Brad, Thanks for the advice.  It still doesn't work.  I changed the settings and used the right numbers (not the numbers at the top).  I have just decided to copy what I want from my character map so that I can paste them when I need them.  I tried all the characters you mentioned in your post and ½ is the only one that works.  Weird, huh?  Thanks for the advice. 

Hi Brad this is soooo cool!  Thanks for this info.  You are so awesome to help so much!!  :) 

I was just looking this up today on Google...how to create the little trademark symbol.  I wanted to order a rubber stamp (free from Vistaprint) that says REALTOR® so I can stamp some postcards that I'd ordered before getting my license.  Keep the posts coming...there's SO MUCH I need to learn!!

 

 

Guilty ... thanks for the reminder and the solution.

David - sorry, I wish I could help more. Do you need me to hop on a plane this afternoon?  I could be there in a few hours!!!  :-)

Thanks Doreen - I think you're pretty cool too!  :-)

Sue - the stamp is a great idea, and while on the computer, hopefully this ALT code will help you too. Thanks!!

 

Larry - since you plead guilty, we're going to let you off this time, and just put you on probation for 90 days.  That just means you have to provide excellent community consumer service in your area!!  LOL!

Thanks for stoppin by, always appreciate the comments!

Brad, Sure. hop on a plane and come out to the beach.  I'll even let you have free room and board in exchange for some AR, search engine, and computer advice!

David - I was out of town all weekend. I wish I could fly out and give you a hand. I do have Centra which is a web conferencing app.  If you really need some help, we can do it over the web.  Then one day when i DO FLY OUT,  I'll take you up on your offer.  :-)

Brad- The offer still stands!  I am able to get it done now in documents, just not in the AR editor.  So at least I can do it in a document, then copy and paste it!  Thanks again.

You're not going to believe this, when I use the Alt 0174 in AR, my screen completely goes away. Looks like I will have to use the cut and paste as well until I can get this figured out.  I am surprised no one else is having or mentioned this problem. It must have something to do with a change that was made here on AR. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I just tried it three times in a row, and lost my comment back to you all 3 times!  10 minutes later, here I am and I am not going to try it a fourth. I'll let you know what I find...if I do.  Thanks David or Kristin which ever one of you posted the comment! I think it was David, but I have been wrong before with couples who post comments!  LOL!  :-)

REALTOR®  Ok...it's working again.  Make sure that you have the NUM LOCK On, or you will loose your post, your comment, or anything else you are working on in Active Rain.  Let me know if that works for you David and Kristin.  Thanks!!

BTW - I still want to fly out and see you guys!  (Big Smile)

Brad - I've been wanting to know how to do this - THANK YOU!!! Don't know how I missed it before!1

Cyndee - you are just too popular and famous now, you forgot about us little guys!!  LOL!  Glad you found this post useful, in fact I'm glad you even found it.  It's sad that posts get buried after time.  Reminds me of the movie "Toy Story". hahaha   B-)

Oh my - I was thinking the same about you - we see each other so rarely - I miss it and it's hard to believe it was just a few months ago - I think we both suffer from mentoring all the people we're brought into the rain - I'm at 144 and it's a job in itself at times - not complaining because I love helping - but somedays it seems like I just run out of time (like it's 1:10am here now LOL)!  I think nothing but great things where YOU'RE concerned - wish you were here so you could be my escrow guy - by the way did you see my post on Celebrations vs Closings - I think it would resonate with you!!!  

Cyndee - I'd happily be your escrow guy!!  In fact, I am your escrow guy! :-)  I will always refer clients interested in coming to Clearwater Florida to you.  I could always arrange to work with you on a local level through my office in Clearwater.  I know with one call, I could make sure you and your clients are well taken care of. I have two offices there if you ever need anything at all.  Seriously, I would be honored to help you out any way I can. Here's Christina and Pamela's info just in case. If you ever need my help with anything, just call, my door's always open to you. 

Now For the rest of my response(LOL), I know we have both been busy, and I miss our chats, but I have been watching you grow over the last few months and have been very impressedwith your efforts, your blog, and the time you do put into the rain.  I have NO TIME either, but how we spend it today, determines how we'll use it in the future.  I am like you very much, in that I love to help ALL people.  I know that's why I am on this earth and I plan to try and fulfill my destiny!!  Time is the ultimate commodity and we have to use it wisely.  I am no master at it, but I am definitely enjoying the process and the journey!  CONGRATS on your 144, just don't forget about yourself, and all of your goals in life as well.  "Give, and it shall be given back to you", so don't forget to make the time to go out and get it!!  :-)

I'll head over and check out your post for some resonation right now...LOL! 

Yours Truly, The Escrow Guy (wink wink) B-)

 

Working my way through the manual, bit by bit. I was wondering where to find the logos, thank you :)