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MS Office Forum / Word / Conversions / March 2007How do I insert a BS (Backspace) into text?
I know about the alt-zero "extended ASCII" codes, which begin with ? and end with ÿ. The alt zero 1 8 2 giving us ¶ as an example. But how can I insert a Backspace? What if I want to, in effect, overstrike a character? In TTY code, I believe that a 0x08 is a backspace. How can I overstrike a character in the text of an e-mail message, or word processor text? I entered alt 0 1 2 8 and got ?. When I read my message "round trip," the Euro symbol was changed to question mark. How come? I still want to know about BS. >I know about the alt-zero "extended ASCII" codes, which begin with ? and >end with ÿ. The alt zero 1 8 2 giving us ¶ as an example. But how can I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How can I overstrike a character in the text of an e-mail message, or word > processor text? G'Day R.S. You have been badly traumatised by TTY text processing. Word is NOT a printer - it does not process characters left to right in sequence. Select the text: Format>Font Overstrike.  SignatureRegards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ >I know about the alt-zero "extended ASCII" codes, which begin with ? and end >with ÿ. The alt zero 1 8 2 giving us ¶ as an example. But how can I insert a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How can I overstrike a character in the text of an e-mail message, or word > processor text? My Microsoft Word 2003 does not have the overstrike option, as far as I have been able to find. It does have "strikethrough" which means the same as strikeout; draw a line though it. My WordPerfect does not seem to have an Overstrike either. I became a professional computer programmer in 1960. In those days, most small computers used TTYs as the main input/output devices. We actually did have to use "figure shift" and "letter shift" to output any character set larger than 31 members. (5-level Baudot/Murray code; 2 to the 5th=32) As late as 1965, when I was guest faculty at MIT, using Project MAC (q.v.) about half of the terminals were TTYs and half were IBM Selectric Typewriter-based. I am still without knowledge of how to backspace, or overstrike in the modern environment > G'Day R.S. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> How can I overstrike a character in the text of an e-mail message, or >> word processor text? I assume that you want to overstrike one character on top of another. If that's the case, the way it's done in Word is using a field code. What you want is the advance field, using the \l (left) switch. For example, with field codes displayed, using 12 point type, the following: 0{advance \l5}/ will type a 0, back up 5 points horizontally, then type a /. Here, using the Calibri font, that produces a 0 overstruck with a forward slash (/). Press Ctrl+F9 to insert the field braces {}, then type advance \l5 between the braces, and press F9 to update/resolve the field. (Or, choose Insert - Field from the menu) It likely will take some experimentation to get exactly what you want. You might want to take a look at the Help file for additional information on working with the advance field. SignatureHerb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Author of the Word 2007 Bible Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. > My Microsoft Word 2003 does not have the overstrike option, as far as I > have been able to find. It does have "strikethrough" which means the same [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >>> How can I overstrike a character in the text of an e-mail message, or >>> word processor text? G'Day again R.S. Yes - I got it wrong - strikethrough. I remember the Daisy Wheel with Ribbon lift for Red, underline by typing the same line twice, overstrike ..... arghhhhhhhhhhhh. See Herbs response re Fields, and maybe check out the following: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Overbar.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/InsertSpecChars.htm Good luck! SignatureRegards, Pat Garard Melbourne, Australia _______________________ > My Microsoft Word 2003 does not have the overstrike option, as far as I have > been able to find. It does have "strikethrough" which means the same as [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>> How can I overstrike a character in the text of an e-mail message, or word >>> processor text? |
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