Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

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Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

20 years ago

PC Magazine tells you how to enter Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word documents here:

http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-2093-5-55-74092-241664-0-0-0-1

I found the alphanumeric keying didn't work for me, but the insert symbol command can find a lot of symbols we might like to use in a non-NWC environment.

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #1 – 20 years ago

G'day David,
it worked for me BUT I had to experiment a little - what you need to do is type in the number - E.G. 266d - then press <Alt-X>

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #2 – 20 years ago

Alt-X doesn't work in Office 2000, but it does in 2003. Sadly however I can't find a font with characters at 266d, e and f so it's not much use anyway!

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #3 – 20 years ago

Did you know that MS Word allows font embedding? And, did you know that useful symbols (not at those code locations) can be found in some of my music fonts)?

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #4 – 20 years ago

How to allow font embedding in Word?
I can/t find it.

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #5 – 20 years ago

In Word 97, it's at Tools > Options > Save (tab) > Embed True Type fonts.

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #6 – 20 years ago

It works quite good.
Now colleagues see really what I write.
Thanks you.

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Reply #7 – 20 years ago

Don't see what the problem is, after all in Word if you type d and select NWCV15 font you get sharp, e natural and f flat.

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #8 – 20 years ago

Hi llucyy,
not everyone has an NWC font...

Lawrie

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #9 – 20 years ago

Even if you do have the NWC font, its alignment relative to surroundings may not be the same as with ordinary text, if what you are trying to do is add the accidentals within a stream of (say) Times New Roman. The NWC font is intended for use within NWC.

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #10 – 20 years ago

At least the Insert Symbol-trick works fine. The symbols we're after are at the bottom, a bit to the left.

Re: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals as text in Word

Reply #11 – 20 years ago

For those who can't get the numeric code to work, you could just find the appropriate symbols, insert them in a blank word document, and save it. Then when you need the symbol, open the file and copy it into your document. Might be easier than trying to remember which font had it.