Wirt-

There is only one 'sharp-s' character (no upper- and lower case).

I believe you will never find a 'sharp-s' at the beginning of a word. So
upper/lower case seems to be a moot point.

What your keyboard does when you hit the shift key on the 'sharp-s', I can't
help you there. I've forwarded this to my German friends for some kind of
authoritative answer.

-Uwe Rudloff
ZING/SOFT Inc.
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Wirt Atmar wrote in message ...
>Donna answers my question statistically :-):
>
>> Wirt Atmar wrote:
>>
>>  > The question I have regards the "beta"-looking character that's used
in
>> the
>>  > German language for words like "strasse". I understand that it is a
>>  > small-letter sharp "s".  My question is: Is there a capital-letter
>>  > equivalent?
>>
>>  2 out of 3 german-speaking folks here don't think so :-)             - d
>
>Another way to phrase the question is: When the small-letter, sharp "s"
>character is up-shifted, does the symbol remain the same or is it
>automatically converted into a plain and simple capital "S"?
>
>Wirt Atmar
>