Re: [vb] Seeking help entering a special character in indesign using script

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From: maxhodges
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 03:14

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tf.TextContents = "abcdefghij" & vbCr & "abcde" & "<009E>" & "fghij" &
vbCr & "abcdefghij"

maxhodges@hotmail.com (maxhodges) wrote in message news:<6758a233.0306130101.145aa66a@posting.google.com>...
> I'm trying to enter some special characters in indesign using a
> script.
>  I need to change to the wingdings font and enter a character in the
> middle
>  of my text. I discovered how to change fonts, but I can't seem to get
> the
>  character I want to show up. I used MS Word to check the character
> code, and
>  it was 158 in decimal, so I insert my text like this:
> 
> tf.TextContents = "abcdefghij" & Chr(158) & "abcdefghij"
> 
> but alas, no luck when. When I set that text to wingding, I get a
> blank space instead of the DOT character (bullet) that I want...

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