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From: bank@lea.ncsu.edu (Dave The DM)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: WORD 5.O and special chars
Message-ID: <1990Jul9.175944.12697@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 9 Jul 90 17:59:44 GMT
References: <13155@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Organization: Leazar Hall MicroVax II (CSCLEA), NCSU, Raleigh NC
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In article <13155@shlump.nac.dec.com> goldstein@carafe.enet.dec.com (Fred R. Goldstein) writes:
>
>In article <5215@plains.UUCP>, jarvi@plains.UUCP (Trent Jarvi) writes...
>>I am trying to type the mu character on word 5.0 and cant find a clue
>>as how I am supposed to do this.  I assume one must type a character code
>>in but I cant figure out how (not easy to find in manual).  
>
>To type any arbitrary character in Word, hold down the Alt key while
>typing the three-digit value (i.e., 088, 196, 254) on the numeric 
>keypad; then release the Alt key and the character mystically appears!
>
>This is real handy for doing things like "bulleted lists", since there's 
>no key for bullet either.  (It's 254 or something like that; I don't
>have it in front of me.)  BTW I'm using Word 4.0 but it's still in 5.0.
>---
>Fred R. Goldstein   goldstein@carafe.enet.dec.com 
>                 or goldstein@delni.enet.dec.com
>                    voice:  +1 508 486 7388 

    The function (ALT key + number sequence) Fred mentions here is not
specific to Word or WordPerfect or any other WP program. It is a
function of the IBM BIOS, INT 9, I think. Works with just about
any program that doesn't revector the keyboard input (as an example, it
doesn't work with Hayes' Smartcom II, which grabs the keyboard
interrupt).


  If you want to see what numbers to type to get what characters, get 
ahold of an ASCII table. Mind you, only the 1st 128 codes are truly 
standard - codes 128 thru 255 are manufacturer specific (altho many

adhere to IBM's). Also, type in the decimal and not hex value of
what you want. Octal won't work either. (I know, it's difficult to
generate "1Bh" on the numeric keypad...but someone would figure it
out! :-)

                             Dave the DM