TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Awesome, thanks Andrew! You just helped me score big
points with one of the engineers!
--- Andrew Warren <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com> wrote:
> techielmb wrote:
>
> > I'm working in a CAD package that doesn't have
> much in
> > the way of text formatting, but does allow use of
> > Alt-xxxx to produce special characters. I've
> figured
> > out how to make a superscript 2 using Alt-0178,
> and
> > now am looking for a subscript 2. I couldn't find
> > anything on www.unicode.org or anywhere else I
> > searched (I did find one chart on unicode.org, but
> the
> > key sequence they listed didn't work--Alt-2082--it
> > produces a box in the CAD software and in Word,
> and
> > quote marks here in my email).
>
> Lisa:
>
> There are two problems; you can fix them both.
>
> 1. The numeric-keypad ALT-xxxx method of entering
> characters expects
> DECIMAL numbers. "U+2082" is the HEXADECIMAL code
> point for the
> "subscript 2" character, so typing ALT-2082 won't
> give you the character
> you want; you need to type ALT-8322 instead. In
> Word, you can also just
> type "8322" and then hit ALT-X afterward... Same
> effect, but without the
> requirement to use the numeric keypad.
>
> 2. The font you're using may not contain the
> subscript-2 character. In
> Word (to be safe, since I know it will display
> Unicode characters and
> I'm not sure what your CAD package's capabilities
> are), try ALT-8322 in
> the font you want to use; change the font if
> necessary to make it
> display properly, then use that font in your CAD
> package.
>
> If your CAD package still doesn't display the
> subscript-2 character when
> you type ALT-8322 in a font known to contain it, I
> guess the last resort
> would be to generate the character in Word, then
> cut-and-paste it into
> the CAD program.
>
> Good luck... And keep in mind that if the CAD
> drawing is ever opened in
> an environment that doesn't have your font (or is
> sent to a printer that
> doesn't have it), it may lose the subscript-2
> character. You may want
> to add a note to the drawing that says something
> like "Text in this
> drawing uses Unicode characters. If this character
> (2) doesn't appear to
> be a subscript two, please mess with your fonts
> until it does" or
> whatever.
>
> -Andrew
>
> === Andrew Warren - awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com
> === Synaptics, Inc - Santa Clara, CA
>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help
format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content
delivery. Try it today! http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l
Easily create HTML or Microsoft Word content and convert to any popular Help file format or printed documentation. Learn more at http://www.DocToHelp.com/TechwrlList
---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com -dot-
