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How do I display the ASCII hex values in text document?
I thought Word had a feature to show the actual hex values in a document, but
now I can't seem to remember how to change to that view. I have some files that were ftp'd from a client and I need to track down why the file contents are getting mangled. |
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How do I display the ASCII hex values in text document?
No, Word doesn't have that capability (unless you want to write a macro to
do the translation). Many programming editors can do it with one click, though. Download the trial version of UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com), for example. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. capndave wrote: I thought Word had a feature to show the actual hex values in a document, but now I can't seem to remember how to change to that view. I have some files that were ftp'd from a client and I need to track down why the file contents are getting mangled. |
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How do I display the ASCII hex values in text document?
Word 2002 and 2003 can give you the ascii value for a single character if
you select it and press Alt+X. I'm using 2000 at the moment so can't check and I seem to recall that it didn't always work exactly as I expected, but try it and see for yourself. -- Enjoy, Tony "capndave" wrote in message ... I thought Word had a feature to show the actual hex values in a document, but now I can't seem to remember how to change to that view. I have some files that were ftp'd from a client and I need to track down why the file contents are getting mangled. |
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How do I display the ASCII hex values in text document?
That toggles the character with the HEX value - nice one. You learn
something new every day here ? If you want the ASCII value try the following macro to determine the value of a selected character (or characters). Sub ANSIValue() S1$ = "Because the selected text contains" S2$ = " characters, not all of the ANSI values will be displayed." S3$ = "ANSI Value (" S4$ = " characters in selection)" S5$ = " character in selection)" S6$ = "Text must be selected before this macro is run." S7$ = "ANSI Value" Dim strSel As String Dim strNums As String Dim LastFourChar As String Dim iPos As Integer strSel = Selection.Text If Len(strSel) 0 Then For i = 1 To Len(strSel) strNums = strNums + Str(Asc(Mid(strSel, i))) Next i strNums = LTrim(strNums) If Len(strNums) 255 Then LastFourChar = Mid(strNums, 252, 4) strNums = Left(strNums, 251) + Left(LastFourChar, _ 4 - InStr(" ", LastFourChar)) MsgBox S1$ + Str(Len(strSel)) + S2$ End If If Len(strSel) = 1 Then S4$ = S5$ MsgBox strNums, 0, S3$ + LTrim(Str(Len(strSel))) + S4$ Else MsgBox S6$, 0, S7$ End If End Sub -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Tony Jollans wrote: Word 2002 and 2003 can give you the ascii value for a single character if you select it and press Alt+X. I'm using 2000 at the moment so can't check and I seem to recall that it didn't always work exactly as I expected, but try it and see for yourself. "capndave" wrote in message ... I thought Word had a feature to show the actual hex values in a document, but now I can't seem to remember how to change to that view. I have some files that were ftp'd from a client and I need to track down why the file contents are getting mangled. |
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How do I display the ASCII hex values in text document?
Unfortunately, I got disappointing results when I tried Alt+X on a document
yesterday that blew up in my face: every time I switched to another window and back, all the spaces, digits, and punctuation in a given paragraph turned into pairs of question marks surrounded by a faint box (the way footnote reference marks are). Very bizarre, and Alt+X had no effect at all. Interestingly, if I selected one of the oddities that represented a comma and opened Find and Replace, there was a (funny-looking) comma in the "Find what" box; I suspect the font had half turned into MS Mincho, a problem I often have when using en and em spaces (which I was doing in this doc). It took *many* tries (ultimately requiring excision of retyping of two paragraphs) to get the doc back on track (and I had to substitute two nonbreaking spaces for an en space in the two problem paragraphs to prevent the conversion from recurring). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... That toggles the character with the HEX value - nice one. You learn something new every day here ? If you want the ASCII value try the following macro to determine the value of a selected character (or characters). Sub ANSIValue() S1$ = "Because the selected text contains" S2$ = " characters, not all of the ANSI values will be displayed." S3$ = "ANSI Value (" S4$ = " characters in selection)" S5$ = " character in selection)" S6$ = "Text must be selected before this macro is run." S7$ = "ANSI Value" Dim strSel As String Dim strNums As String Dim LastFourChar As String Dim iPos As Integer strSel = Selection.Text If Len(strSel) 0 Then For i = 1 To Len(strSel) strNums = strNums + Str(Asc(Mid(strSel, i))) Next i strNums = LTrim(strNums) If Len(strNums) 255 Then LastFourChar = Mid(strNums, 252, 4) strNums = Left(strNums, 251) + Left(LastFourChar, _ 4 - InStr(" ", LastFourChar)) MsgBox S1$ + Str(Len(strSel)) + S2$ End If If Len(strSel) = 1 Then S4$ = S5$ MsgBox strNums, 0, S3$ + LTrim(Str(Len(strSel))) + S4$ Else MsgBox S6$, 0, S7$ End If End Sub -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Tony Jollans wrote: Word 2002 and 2003 can give you the ascii value for a single character if you select it and press Alt+X. I'm using 2000 at the moment so can't check and I seem to recall that it didn't always work exactly as I expected, but try it and see for yourself. "capndave" wrote in message ... I thought Word had a feature to show the actual hex values in a document, but now I can't seem to remember how to change to that view. I have some files that were ftp'd from a client and I need to track down why the file contents are getting mangled. |
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Answer: How do I display the ASCII hex values in text document?
Yes, Microsoft Word does have a feature that allows you to display the ASCII hex values in a document. This can be helpful when you need to troubleshoot issues with file contents, as you mentioned.
Here's how you can display the ASCII hex values in a Word document:
Once you've enabled this option, you should be able to see the ASCII hex values for each character in your document. To view the hex values for a specific character, simply place your cursor on that character and look at the status bar at the bottom of the screen. The hex value for that character will be displayed in the status bar. I hope this helps you track down the issue with your file contents!
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