Microsoft KB Archive/78385

= SYMBOL Field Font Switches \f, \s, and \h in Word for Windows =

Article ID: 78385

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q78385



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word for Windows there are three switches that you can use in the SYMBOL field to affect the font, point size, and line spacing of the resulting symbol character.



Available Switches
\s The \s switch indicates the font size. If the \s switch is not included in the field, the field result is formatted with the point size of the character formatting applied to the SYMBOL field.

\f The \f switch indicates the font. If the \f switch is not included in the field, the field result is formatted with the font of the character formatting applied to the SYMBOL field.

\h The \h switch tells Word not to adjust the line spacing. With this switch, a 24-point bullet character does not force the entire line to be spaced for this character. If the \h switch is   not included in the field, the spacing of the entire line adjusts to account for the size of the bullet character. If you insert a bullet by choosing Symbol from the Insert menu and selecting the bullet character from the Symbol font set, the SYMBOL field displays as {SYMBOL 183 \f &quot;Symbol&quot;} (where 183 is the ANSI code for the bullet character).

When you insert a bullet by using the Bulleted List button on the tool bar or by choosing Bullets and Numbering from the Tools menu, the SYMBOL field displays as follows:

{SYMBOL 183 \f &quot;Symbol&quot; \s 10 \h}

For more information on the SYMBOL field, search for &quot;Symbol field&quot; using the Help menu.

