Microsoft KB Archive/24385

Support of DOS Keyboard Programs

PSS ID Number: Q24385 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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MS-DOS

Question:

Will Word display, print, and save files containing the foreign characters accessible when using DOS’s KEYBXX family of keyboard altering programs?

Response:

When a DOS keyboard-altering program is loaded memory resident, Word will receive from the keyboard the ASCII code for a foreign character when the appropriate altered key is struck.

Word treats this character the same way it treats characters that are entered by depressing the ALT key and then entering the ASCII code on the numeric key pad: the ASCII code is stored in files just as normal characters are stored, the corresponding IBM extended character set symbol is displayed on the screen, and the ASCII code is sent when printing (unless the character is translated by a Word printer driver).

However, if the receiving printer does not support the IBM extended character set, the displayed character may be incorrectly printed, or may not print at all.

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