The really useful Word Alt + X trick (which converts a Unicode number into a symbol) is NOT available in Word for Mac. If Word for Mac supported the full range of characters, the subset feature would let you jump to a group of characters.Įven if you know the ASCII or Unicode number for the character, you can’t type it in as you can in Office for Windows. The Word for Mac dialog only shows the first 228 characters in a font! That’s OK for an old-fashioned ASCII font but modern Unicode fonts can have over 100,000 characters! At least in Word for Windows you can scroll through the list.Īlso missing is the important ‘subset’ pull-down list. “ I cannot seem to access symbols not visible in the panel, … has Microsoft intentionally restricted the range of non-keyboard characters and symbols available on the Mac version of Word?“
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