Microsoft KB Archive/61713

Glossary Returns ASCII Character Instead of Bracketed Number

PSS ID Number: Q61713 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

A number in angle brackets that is copied or deleted to a glossary entry displays as an ASCII character when inserted in a Microsoft Word for MS-DOS document. Word displays “end of macro” on the message line. If the number is larger than 255, the computer also beeps.

Word interprets any glossary entry in angle brackets as a macro instruction. Glossary entries such as , , or are read as macro commands rather than text even if they are not saved as macros. Bracketed numbers appear as the ASCII character they represent.

Numbers in angle brackets can be inserted into a glossary using the macro record feature. Turn on the macro record feature by pressing SHIFT+F3, type the number in brackets, press SHIFT+F3 to turn macro recording off, and type a name for the macro.

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