Microsoft KB Archive/28320

Which Characters Make Up Vertical Tabs

PSS ID Number: Q28320 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

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The vertical tab character sent to the printer when the document is printed can be either the pipe character (ASCII decimal character 124) or the vertical line character (decimal character 179).

The value of the “LinedrawFlag:” in the header portion (model block in Word version 5.00 and 5.50) of the printer driver determines which of these characters gets sent to the printer. The same method is used to determine which character is used to print the vertical portion of a box that has been drawn using the Format Border command.

The LinedrawFlag: also determines which font makes up the vertical tab character.

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