Steve Erbach
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Sun Mar 27 16:56:18 CST 2005
I had been wondering how to insert Unicode characters into a document. There's a nifty web site ( http://www.visibone.com/htmlref/char/cer.htm ) that shows the HTML numeric codes for the entire Unicode set. I then went into Microsoft Word 2003 and found that if you know the hexadecimal number for a Unicode character (265B, for example) then all you have to do is type that number and press Alt-X, and the number will be converted to the Unicode character, in this case, a Black chess Queen. There's also the entire Unicode set in Word under Insert | Symbol. The Symbols tab has a Font list. I picked the Arial Unicode MS font. There is another drop down list with "subsets" of the Unicode list. So you could jump to Miscellaneous Dingbats and locate the Black Chess Queen that way. The Alt-X shortcut works in Word, WordPad, and Windows Messenger, but not in Access. -- Regards, Steve Erbach Scientific Marketing Neenah, WI www.swerbach.com Security Page: www.swerbach.com/security