˙spɹoʍ pǝddılɟ ʇdǝɔɔɐ llıʍ sɯnɹoɟ ɯɟ ɟı ǝǝs oʇ ʇsǝʇ ɐ ʇsnɾ sı sıɥʇ

It does not work when pasted into FileMaker text field however - drat; nor a container field. I was just testing it.

Why would I want to? I didn't say I did. I just liked it and wanted to see what value it might have in FM. Of course I can create another layout with the field flipped (for display). It's just that ... when I find something I like, I can't help but try to find more places I might use it.

LaRetta

Edited July 8, 200718 yr by Guest

I can paste it into a field - if I paste it into a text editor first, then copy it from there.

I suppose this could come in handy if Tom Cruise wanted to type something while hanging from the ceiling?

Ah, funnnny! Well, I was thinking about wanting to print something onto one page which can be folded to create a 2-sided document or letters that wrap around a picture (funky but I've seen it). Of course we can just create a layout with the text Arrange > Rotated but that's not as dynamic as this could have been. I will keep that in mind about dumping into text editor first; that could be handy information.

I'm doing it simply for fun, I guess. For anyone interested, I found it here and it tickled me. Yes, I'm a strange sort but I'm still chuckling over it.

L

Well, rotating would be better, since this method is rather limited in choice of characters (e.g. no caps). Basically it's just a Substitute(), and some of the substituted characters are a stretch.

Anyway, it's fun for me, because that's how I first learned to read.

Hey LaRetta,

I saw this on Digg a few days ago. It's fun.

It is probably useful for discussing topics with Genx who is upside down in Australia

xuǝƃ ollǝɥ

Oh, how appropriate, Stuart!

I'm still trying to envision how someone could learn to read using this method.

All I can come up with is the vision of a very small child standing inside a store looking out a store window with lettering on it but that wouldn't be upside down only reversed. Reversed is easy for me to read - unside down isn't! Hey Michael, please explain! Were you hung in a tree while studying?

It makes me feel dizzy when considering text flipping like this, hence the (off) added for emphasis. It's probably a result of my limited life knowledge. :yep:

Edited July 8, 200718 yr by Guest

Oh! Someone reading a book to you and you watching the book from across the table as they did! Right? Right? Puzzles - I love 'em!

Close: sitting across the table watching my older brother doing his homework.

Thanks! My mind wouldn't stop trying to come up with methods! Now I can rest. :king:

Hey LaRetta: for us Aussies, that's the first bit of text we've been able to read without turning our heads around!

ROFLMFAO!

¡ʍou ǝɯıʇ ǝɥʇ llɐ sıɥʇ ǝʞıl noʎ oʇ ƃuıpuodsǝɹ ǝq ll,ı os uıɐɹʇs ʞɔǝu ƃuıʌɐɥ ɯoɹɟ noʎ dǝǝʞ oʇ ʇuɐʍ ǝʍ ¡uɐɥƃnɐʌ 'ɥƃnɐl ʇɐɥʇ pǝpǝǝu ı

Ha ha! :wink2:

Lol, suprisingly that is quite easy to read.

Hi LaRetta,

Was feeling a bit bored so here is a little present.

It works on OS X + 8.5

Hope it works for you, although i still see no application for it myself other than a bit of fun.

:)

d__l__.fp7.zip

Hey Stuart

I SHALL have fun with it because ... well, because I'm strange! And one never knows when/where a need will arise for something strange so everything lands in my toolkit and never disappears. Thank you! :smile2: