Posted by Nik Coughlin on 07/03/07 06:19

joesplink wrote:
> I have a web page with not-equal sign ... in the expression F <ne> MA
> where the <ne> is an actual not-equal sign at
>
> www.berkeleyscience.com/relativity.htm
>
> Works fine for IE. However I just discovered it doesn't work for
> Firefox.
>
> How to get a not-equal sign that works for both ?
>
> Use an image?
>
> Here's what works for IE, I have no idea where I found this ...
>
>
> <span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
> font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-
> font-family:
> "Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-
> family:Symbol'><span
> style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>�</span></
> span>
>
> Firefox prints a � instead of a not-equal sign.

That is IE only rubbish (in fact Microsoft Office rubbish, hence the MSO)

You want &ne;

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