Microsoft KB Archive/29871

Use of ASCII Character 196 as Hard Hypen or Line Draw

PSS ID Number: Q29871 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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Microsoft Word internally remaps ASCII 196 to a hyphen (ASCII 45) and reserves it for use as a hard hyphen or nonbreaking hyphen (CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN). Word does not allow this internal remap of ASCII 196 to be overridden through a Character Translation Table.

One or two ASCII 196 characters in a row are assumed to be nonbreaking hyphens and will print as ASCII 45. Three or more ASCII 196 characters are assumed to be line draw characters. Word can use the entry in the Character Translation Table and may remap the character to the printer’s horizontal-line character, if this character exists.

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