Enter Unicode using alt-x

[Paul_Hossler]

Win7 64 bit, MS Word 2010

I can enter the Unicode 00B3 (superscript 3) by typing x00b3 in a document, and hitting alt-x

But I cannot enter the Unicode F6F2 (superscript s) by typing xf6f2 in a document, and hitting alt-x


Both glyphs are in the font


Is this a limitation, or is there a trick for entering the higher Unicode characters?



Update --

If I don't enter the 'x' for xf6f2, then it works

However, this seems contrary to the documentation about entering Unicode

[snb]

I thought chrW and AscW range from 0 to 65536.


MsgBox CDec(&HF6F2) : -2318
msgbox cdec(&HB3): 179

PS. entering B3; alt-X also results in superscript3.

[Paul_Hossler]

Yea... I did some more experimenting and came to the conclusion that if Word can determine that the string in front is a "hex-able" number, then it will translate to the Unicode correctly.

So ... it 'seems' that if there is a non-printable char in front, Word will use the string before the alt+x to convert