Microsoft KB Archive/28462

Works: ASCII Decimal 196 Prints as a Hyphen

PSS ID Number: Q28462 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

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= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Works versions 1.x and 2.0, entering an ASCII decimal 196 into a Word Processor document by simultaneously pressing the ALT key and 196 from the numeric keypad results in a hyphen (ASCII decimal 45) not a decimal.

= STATUS =

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Works version 3.0.

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