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

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in microsoft.public.word.printingfonts:
>Yes, I can certainly understand your frustration, and I hope you understand
>my bewilderment. This is the first time I've ever heard of this problem, and
>I honestly can't think of what might cause it.

I can relate! BTW, I checked, and there are no global templates or
add-ins listed.

> If the technique didn't work
>in other apps, at least we'd have somewhere to start, but the fact that it
>occurs only in Word does suggest that *something* in Word is causing the
>problem.

Yes, this is my problem too. I don't know much about how Word reads
its characters, but I can't imagine how it does them any
differently from the rest of Office. I just now tried in Access,
and Alt-0150 puts an en dash in the field. I think I mentioned
already that Excel has no problems with Alt-0nnn.

> You mention that Alt+0176 doesn't work; do *any* Alt+0nnn
>combinations work, or is it not working across the board?

Across the board. I tried Alt-0161 through Alt-0254 just now. I
also tried Alt-0034, which I believe is a " character, but got
nothing.

Word _does_ honor things like 0022 Alt-X, by the way.

This is certainly a head scratcher. I'm beginning to believe it's
some sort of obscure bug in Word that depends on something about my
notebook.


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