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

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in microsoft.public.word.printingfonts:

>"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in microsoft.public.word.printingfonts:
>> >"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >> 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.)

>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...

Okay, it's not a paid help desk and you don't owe me any answers.
But I have to confess that I'm feeling frustrated my message is not
getting across. Alt-0nnn works for me in other applications,
INCLUDING EXCEL 2003. (It's also worked for me in every incarnation
of Word up till this one.) How could "one or another of the keys
[not be] working" if that's the case?

Yes, I suppose it could be key bindings or an add-in.

I don't have any add-ins; I installed the Office Pro 2003 CD.

Key bindings: I can't remember changing any; I hven't done any real
customizing since installing. Where would I lok for a key binding
that makes every Alt-0nnn combination appear to do nothing?

I'm not trying to be obstreperous; I know this is a weird problem.
I would be grateful for help in diagnosing it. If it means checking
things out amnd reporting what I find, I'm ready to do that. But I
don't even know where to begin because I've never had any problem
like this in many years of using Word from 5.0 on up.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
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