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Type characters by using Unicode and code page values
 

If you know the Unicode (Unicode: A character encoding standard developed by the Unicode Consortium. By using more than one byte to represent each character, Unicode enables almost all of the written languages in the world to be represented by using a single character set.) (hexadecimal) value of a character, you can use the ALT+X keyboard shortcut to enter the character directly in your document.

  1. Type the Unicode (hexadecimal) value of the character.

    Note  The value string can also begin with U+.

  2. Press ALT+X.

    Microsoft Word replaces the string to the left of the insertion point with the character you specified.

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  • You can also use ALT+X to display the Unicode character code for a particular character. Place the insertion point to the right of the character, and then press ALT+X. The character is replaced by its character code. Press ALT+X again to switch back to the character.
  • You can convert a character to Unicode if it is currently encoded according to the system code page. To do so, type x before the character, place the insertion point after the character, press ALT+X, and then press ALT+X again.
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