RE: character map in Microsoft Word

From: Murray Sargent (murrays@Exchange.Microsoft.com)
Date: Fri Dec 12 2003 - 00:41:52 EST

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    WordPad uses RichEdit 4.1 on Windows XP and both RichEdit 4.1 and 3.0 support the Alt+NumPad numbers greater than 255 as Unicode values. But other editors on XP, e.g., NotePad do not (sigh). The preferred way with RichEdit is to use the hex code followed by the hot key Alt+x, which translates the hex code to the actual character value. For example, 1D400 Alt+x inserts a math bold A (although you probably won't see this character unless you use the Code2001 font or some other font supporting Plane 1). This also works for Word 2002 and later.
     
    Murray

     

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