Mysterious Keyboard Shortcut in Word?

[James Silverton]

I recently wanted to check some currency symbols and brought up the Help
section. Under "Typing the Euro", in addition to the one I know, ALT+0128,
there was also:

"Type 20ac, then press ALT+X"

This *does* work and one or two other numbers also give symbols other than
blank boxes but can anyone tell me where this operation is documented? I
can't even find ALT+X in the "Keyboard Shortcuts".

 

[James Silverton]

Hi James,

You are typing the Unicode hex value and Alt + x (ToggleCharacterCode)
toggles between them. (Available in Word 2002 and later versions)

You can find the hex value of a character either in the Windows
Character Map or in Word under Insert/Symbol. You need to select
"(normal text)" and change "From" in "Character Code" to Unicode
(hex).

As for where this is documented, take a look in Help under "Type
Unicode characters by using the keyboard".

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Beth Melton

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Thank you very much indeed Beth! Obviously, one is never to old to learn
something new (g).

Jim.

 

[Beth Melton]

You're welcome.

As for learning, heck the best place to learn is in the newsgroups.
That's where I picked up this information. <g>
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Beth Melton