....or sometimes as "ding" or "dings".


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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: That's usually referred to as a "dingbat." Fonts such as Wingdings,
Monotype
: Sorts, and Zapf Dingbats contain such "pi" or "symbol" characters.
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: No. It was the name one of my publishers gave to an icon of a
computer at
: the end of chapters to signify same. I've never seen the word before
or
: since.
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: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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: "Fair dinkum" is the only association I have with it. Google
provides a
: lot
: of interesting links, but they seem to be universally derived from
that
: same
: usage. Are you sure you're not thinking of "lorem ipsum"? See
: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm
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: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
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: Suzanne (or anyone else): Have you ever come across the word
'dinkum'
: in
: the
: context of Word/editing/book production? (Not the Australian term
'fair
: dinkum')
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