-----Original Message-----
From: Kimpton, Dione [mailto:Dione.Kimpton@butterworths.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 8:09 AM
To: 'info@unicode.org'
Subject: Unicode characters in Word for Windows 97
I am writing from Butterworths Publishers Ltd in London where we are running
Word 97 on Windows NT. We have an internal database that does not support
unicode characters and as such we don't use them on material that will be
loaded onto it. We have a problem with an RTF document that was styled and
some symbol characters added, 'less than or equal to ' and 'greater than or
equal to' symbols, that are appearing as unicode (u8804\ '3d and u8805\
'3d). We are not sure how these characters got there. As far as we are aware
there are three ways of creating the symbols we wanted in word, 1) using the
'Insert symbol function, 2) using the Alt key and appropriate number and 3)
using the character map. All of these have a different RTF string, but none
of them match the unicode string that we have in this document. We would
like to know how these characters may have got there, is it font related, is
word switching automatically, any light you can shed would be gratefully
appreciated.
Attached is a sample of the material with the four versions of the symbols.
Many thanks
Di Kimpton
Legislation Direct Manager
Statutes Database
0171 400 2990
<<Unicode problem.rtf>>
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