Re: Alt-0nnn doesn't work in Word

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Well, you're not giving us much to go on. You see, all the rest of us *can*
use Alt+0nnn in Word (all versions). If you can't, it could be that one or
another of the keys isn't working or that some other keybinding is
interfering or an add-in is causing problems or...

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3bdof2F6h9l03U6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in microsoft.public.word.printingfonts:
> >"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:3bdblkF6k28jqU2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Word 2003, Win XP SP2
> >>
> >> In other appolications, including Excel 2003, I can get e.g. a
> >> degree mark by Alt-0176. But this doesn't work in Word for some
> >> reason. (We're talking about standard fonts like Times New Roman,
> >> so it's not a matter of missing characters.)
>
> >It does work in Word, but remember that you have to use the numbers on
the
> >numeric keypad.
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Yes, I know you have to use the numeric keypad. Otherwise how could
> I get it to work in Excel and other apps?
>
> Once again, it's only in Word that this fails to work. I would
> really appreciate some help with this as it has greatly slowed down
> my ketboarding.
>
> Yes, I know I can open Insert >> Symbol; but for me that's a lot
> slower.
>
> --
>
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com/

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