Microsoft KB Archive/22301

Using Specially Defined Characters in Word

PSS ID Number: Q22301 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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Some printers allow you to define new characters that are composites of previously defined characters or are characters that can be composed with a specially defined process.

If the character can be composed so that the printer recognizes and prints the user-defined character by means of a single ASCII numeric code, then the character can be accessed from Word in the same way that any character from the Extended Character Set (ECS) is accessed, that is, by holding down the ALT key and typing the ASCII decimal code on the numeric keypad.

Generally, if the character is a composite of previously defined characters, it requires a control sequence involving a backspace to print it. Therefore, the character will probably not be assigned an ASCII decimal code. If this is the case, there are two options that can be used in Word to print the character:


 * 1) Use a Character Translation Table in the printer driver to map a single ASCII decimal code to the required control sequence.
 * 2) Embed the required control sequence directly into the document where the character is to be printed. (Please note that this option is not specifically supported in Word.)

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