Re: Unicode Problem with Word 2003 - Help required from knowledgeable MVPs

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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/21/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:45:25 -0600

That is seriously stupid. 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
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"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:2rpp50lfhua0dvr77trt4ud6750ppvruj8@4ax.com...
> The answer is that the four digits must be the *decimal*
> representation of the Unicode number, even though the Insert > Symbol
> dialog never shows you anything but the *hexadecimal* representation.
>
> For characters that are part of the standard ASCII/ANSI sequence, such
> as "p", you can use the dropdown to the right of the character code in
> the Insert > Symbol dialog to get the ASCII (decimal) equivalent, so
> searching for ^u0112 will find a "p" -- but so will ^0112. For
> higher-numbered Unicode characters, switching to ASCII just makes the
> focus jump back to the space character. :-(
>
> If you're geek-challenged, you can use the Windows Calculator (Start >
> Programs > Accessories > Calculator) in View > Scientific to translate
> hex to decimal. For example, if you're searching for a Hebrew alef,
> Unicode 05D0, the decimal equivalent is 1488, and searching for ^u1488
> will find the alef character.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote:
>
> >I don't have an answer, but I can confirm that I'm seeing the same
behavior
> >(though I'm finding "f" rather than "F").
> >
> >--
> >Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >Words into Type
> >Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
> >Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
> >all may benefit.
> >
> >"Terry" <tarunp@vsnl.com> wrote in message
> >news:uQYkVLlDEHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> I am attempting to search for a character in a Word 2003 document based
on
> >> its Unicode 4 digit code but am getting weird results. Acoording to
Help,
> >I
> >> need to type in ^Unnnn in the Find dialog box to search for the item in
> >> question where nnnn stands for the unicode code for the character in
> >> question.
> >>
> >> When I do this , I get a message that " ^U is not a valid special
> >character
> >> for the Find What box ". I then try retyping the search argument as
^unnnn
> >> ( u in lower case ) - this time the search takes place but the results
do
> >> not conform to the Unicode character set.  For example the letter "p"
has
> >a
> >> unicode code of 0070 but when I search for ^u0070, the character found
is
> >> "F". Similarly for all other characters.
> >>
> >> Is it likely that the Unicode database in Word 2003 is corrupted ? Or
what
> >> else could be the problem ?
> >>
> >>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word

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