Microsoft KB Archive/67640

Some ANSI Characters Not Pasted Correctly to Dialog Boxes PSS ID Number: Q67640 Article last modified on 07-14-1994

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WINDOWS

Summary:

Some extended ANSI characters do not paste correctly from the Clipboard (using SHIFT+INS) into dialog boxes such as the Edit Search, Edit Replace, and Fill-in dialog boxes. These characters copy correctly into the Clipboard and paste correctly into Word documents, but they do not paste correctly into dialog boxes.

Extended ANSI characters that DO NOT copy correctly from the Clipboard into dialog boxes include smart quotes (ALT+0145, ALT+0146, ALT+0147, and 0148) and “em” and “en” dashes (ALT+0150 and ALT+0151). These characters must be placed in dialog boxes directly by pressing

ALT+0+

while you are in the dialog box, rather than by copying the characters from the Clipboard. See Appendix C of the “Microsoft Word for Windows User’s Reference” for more information on ANSI characters.

Extended ANSI characters that DO copy correctly from the Clipboard into dialog boxes include the cents sign (ALT+0162) and the number sign (ALT+0163).

More Information:

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Create a pair of smart quotes in a Word for Windows document by pressing ALT+0147 and ALT+0148.
 * 2) Copy these smart quotes into the Clipboard by selecting them and pressing CTRL+INS.
 * 3) From the Edit menu, choose Search.
 * 4) Copy the contents of the Clipboard into the Search For dialog box by pressing SHIFT+INS. (Note: Quotation marks are pasted as regular quotation marks.)
 * 5) Press ENTER to begin the search. (Note: You will receive the “Search Text Not Found” message.)

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

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