WD97: How to Find the Ansi Value of Characters (176992)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q176992

SUMMARY

To troubleshoot a problem or search for an extended character, you may need to find the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) value of a string of text in Microsoft Word.

MORE INFORMATION

Word 97 includes a macro named AnsiValue which, when run, provides the ANSI value for the selected character. To run this macro, follow these steps:

  1. On the File menu, click Open, and then select the following folder:

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Macros

  2. In the Files Of Type list, click "Document Templates (*.dot)."
  3. Select Macros8.dot and click OK.
  4. In your document, type the character for which you want to find the ANSI value, and then select that character.
  5. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
  6. In the Macro list, click ANSIValue and then click Run.
For more information about macros supplied with Word, click the Office Assistant, type "Supplied Macros," click Search, and then click to view "Supplied macros."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

74894 WD: Macros to Find the ANSI Value of Characters

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2000
Keywords:kbhowto KB176992
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