Inserting special characters

[alan.pritchard]

I am currently using Word 2002, and have found that the tables for
inserting symbols seem to exclude ranges of Unicode characters. I am
using Times New Roman. When I go to the Latin Extended Additional
table, it only starts at Unicode 1E80, omitting the block of Unicodes
from 1E00 to 1E7F, which contains characters that I want to use
(especially 1E24 for Arabic transliterations)

I have 2 questions:

(a) is there any way round this for 2002.

(b) does Word 2010 address this problem

Alan

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The symbols available depend on the font. Perhaps the greatest selection
will be found in Arial Unicode MS. In fact, sometimes when you insert a
special character in "(normal text)," that character will actually be drawn
from Arial Unicode MS or another font that contains it. This substitution is
normally transparent to the user except when something goes wrong and it
suddenly changes to MS Mincho (a bug that seems persistent).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[alan.pritchard]

The symbols available depend on the font. Perhaps the greatest selection
will be found in Arial Unicode MS. In fact, sometimes when you insert a
special character in "(normal text)," that character will actually be drawn
from Arial Unicode MS or another font that contains it. This substitutionis
normally transparent to the user except when something goes wrong and it
suddenly changes to MS Mincho (a bug that seems persistent).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

Thanks, Suzanne.

I'll have to see whether my publisher will be happy with the change
from Times to Arial Unicode, but it would seem to be a solution.

Alan

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I would suggest using Arial Unicode MS only for the characters you actually
need; ideally, I would create a specific character style (using that font)
for your Arabic transliterations and apply it as needed, using TNR for the
rest.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

The symbols available depend on the font. Perhaps the greatest selection
will be found in Arial Unicode MS. In fact, sometimes when you insert a
special character in "(normal text)," that character will actually be
drawn
from Arial Unicode MS or another font that contains it. This substitution
is
normally transparent to the user except when something goes wrong and it
suddenly changes to MS Mincho (a bug that seems persistent).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

Thanks, Suzanne.

I'll have to see whether my publisher will be happy with the change
from Times to Arial Unicode, but it would seem to be a solution.

Alan

 

[alan.pritchard]

I would suggest using Arial Unicode MS only for the characters you actually
need; ideally, I would create a specific character style (using that font)
for your Arabic transliterations and apply it as needed, using TNR for the
rest.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org






Thanks, Suzanne.

I'll have to see whether my publisher will be happy with the change
from Times to Arial Unicode, but it would seem to be a solution.

Alan

Thanks, Suzanne.

Sounds the best approach.

Alan