MS Word 2002 symbols

[James Silverton]

Hello All!

I had occasion to want to mention a couple of symbols used in the online
Oxford English Dictionary: those for "obsolete" and "not naturalized".
The first, I gather is called a "dagger" and is Unicode 2020. The second
is a double vertical line and I used a box drawing symbol, Unicode 2551.
Can anyone tell me if there is a Unicode or other symbol for a less bold
version?

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi James,

The 'boldness' may be tied to the font you're working with for a particular
symbol.
For example, in Insert=>Symbol in Word if you type in 2020 in the character
code box, what Font choice is listed in the top left of the dialog box? The
box draw characters, for example may appear 'lighter' in Courier new than
they are in Times/Arial.

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Hello All!

I had occasion to want to mention a couple of symbols used in the online
Oxford English Dictionary: those for "obsolete" and "not naturalized".
The first, I gather is called a "dagger" and is Unicode 2020. The second
is a double vertical line and I used a box drawing symbol, Unicode 2551.
Can anyone tell me if there is a Unicode or other symbol for a less bold
version?

James Silverton >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System products MVP


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[James Silverton]

Bob wrote on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:34:20 -0700:

The 'boldness' may be tied to the font you're working with for
a particular symbol.
For example, in Insert=>Symbol in Word if you type in 2020 in
the character code box, what Font choice is listed in the top
left of the dialog box? The box draw characters, for example
may appear 'lighter' in Courier new than they are in
Times/Arial.

Thanks, it's a good suggestion. I normally use Arial in Word 2002 but,
if I "Insert Symbol", the font that appears by default is Symbol.
Switching to Arial gives me practically all the symbols I need except
the double vertical line (as one character not two). If I switch to
Unicode Hex, the box drawing symbols can be displayed.

I suppose I could experiment with various fonts when I have the time but
Arial's "box drawings double vertical" is adequate and, in fact, I have
set up an Autocorrect for it. I do know the ALT-x method for inserting
Unicode symbols.


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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not