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Insert>Symbol>Special
This question relates to Word 2000. When I select InsertSymbol, then select
the Special Characters tab, and finally highlight one of the shown special characters (e.g., the section or copyright symbol) and click insert, I have a problem. The highlighted special character is not inserted. Instead, a space is inserted. Or sometimes, the highlighted symbol from Symbols tab (B) is inserted. The problem just started today. In the past, the function worked fine. Any ideas? -- Sabaka |
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Have you tried rebooting Windows?
-- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... This question relates to Word 2000. When I select InsertSymbol, then select the Special Characters tab, and finally highlight one of the shown special characters (e.g., the section or copyright symbol) and click insert, I have a problem. The highlighted special character is not inserted. Instead, a space is inserted. Or sometimes, the highlighted symbol from Symbols tab (B) is inserted. The problem just started today. In the past, the function worked fine. Any ideas? -- Sabaka |
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Yes, I've rebooted XP several times.
-- Sabaka "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you tried rebooting Windows? -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... This question relates to Word 2000. When I select InsertSymbol, then select the Special Characters tab, and finally highlight one of the shown special characters (e.g., the section or copyright symbol) and click insert, I have a problem. The highlighted special character is not inserted. Instead, a space is inserted. Or sometimes, the highlighted symbol from Symbols tab (B) is inserted. The problem just started today. In the past, the function worked fine. Any ideas? -- Sabaka |
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Can you get a specific special character if you use the specified keyboard
shortcut? -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... Yes, I've rebooted XP several times. -- Sabaka "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you tried rebooting Windows? -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... This question relates to Word 2000. When I select InsertSymbol, then select the Special Characters tab, and finally highlight one of the shown special characters (e.g., the section or copyright symbol) and click insert, I have a problem. The highlighted special character is not inserted. Instead, a space is inserted. Or sometimes, the highlighted symbol from Symbols tab (B) is inserted. The problem just started today. In the past, the function worked fine. Any ideas? -- Sabaka |
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If I type Alt+Ctrl+C, I get the copyright symbol. If I type Alt+Ctrl+T, I
get the trademark symbol. After playing around with this a bit, I now get these symbols underlined by three dots. For example, I now get an elipse underlined by an elipse. And I get a copyright symbol in a smaller font underlined with three dots. This is a little weird. -- Sabaka "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Can you get a specific special character if you use the specified keyboard shortcut? -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... Yes, I've rebooted XP several times. -- Sabaka "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you tried rebooting Windows? -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... This question relates to Word 2000. When I select InsertSymbol, then select the Special Characters tab, and finally highlight one of the shown special characters (e.g., the section or copyright symbol) and click insert, I have a problem. The highlighted special character is not inserted. Instead, a space is inserted. Or sometimes, the highlighted symbol from Symbols tab (B) is inserted. The problem just started today. In the past, the function worked fine. Any ideas? -- Sabaka |
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When I open a new document, the special characters are inserted without being
underlined with 3 dots. -- Sabaka "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Can you get a specific special character if you use the specified keyboard shortcut? -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... Yes, I've rebooted XP several times. -- Sabaka "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you tried rebooting Windows? -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... This question relates to Word 2000. When I select InsertSymbol, then select the Special Characters tab, and finally highlight one of the shown special characters (e.g., the section or copyright symbol) and click insert, I have a problem. The highlighted special character is not inserted. Instead, a space is inserted. Or sometimes, the highlighted symbol from Symbols tab (B) is inserted. The problem just started today. In the past, the function worked fine. Any ideas? -- Sabaka |
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The dots under your characters indicate that they are being inserted as
Hidden text. Select the inserted symbols and press Ctrl+Spacebar. If that doesn't "unhide" them, then the default paragraph font in that document (or at least at the insertion point) has become formatted as Hidden. My guess is that when you clicked to insert them, they were inserted, but you didn't see them because you didn't have nonprinting characters displayed (Show/Hide ΒΆ). -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... If I type Alt+Ctrl+C, I get the copyright symbol. If I type Alt+Ctrl+T, I get the trademark symbol. After playing around with this a bit, I now get these symbols underlined by three dots. For example, I now get an elipse underlined by an elipse. And I get a copyright symbol in a smaller font underlined with three dots. This is a little weird. -- Sabaka "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Can you get a specific special character if you use the specified keyboard shortcut? -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... Yes, I've rebooted XP several times. -- Sabaka "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Have you tried rebooting Windows? -- 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. "Sabaka" wrote in message ... This question relates to Word 2000. When I select InsertSymbol, then select the Special Characters tab, and finally highlight one of the shown special characters (e.g., the section or copyright symbol) and click insert, I have a problem. The highlighted special character is not inserted. Instead, a space is inserted. Or sometimes, the highlighted symbol from Symbols tab (B) is inserted. The problem just started today. In the past, the function worked fine. Any ideas? -- Sabaka |
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