Can't enter alpha character in text

[Fred Ridder]

The table that contains the ANSI 097 <-> lower-case alpha mapping is in the section titled "Symbol and ZapfDingbats character sets" and the lower-case alpha character and character name are in the column of the table headed "Symbol set: graphic and name". What this tells you is that this character mapping applies *only* to the Symbol font. This method--relying on the character mapping of a specific font--is the old, pre-Unicode way of implementing special characters. The rightmost columns of the same table tell you that the same ANSI code will produce an outlined, 8-petal floral dingbat if the character is formatted as ZapfDingbats.

Unless you have a specific requirement to avoid Unicode (e.g., a need to produce MIF files that are compatible with FM versions prior to v8), it is generally better to reference special characters by their Unicode hex code, which is (theoretically, at least) universal in any Unicode font that supports the codepage that contains the character.

-FR


Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:12:25 -0500
From: maker at verizon.net
To: docudoc at hotmail.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: RE: Can't enter alpha character in text

 Hi. I got the information from  http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CD0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhelp.adobe.com%2Fen_US%2FFrameMaker%2F9.0%2FCharacterSets%2Fcharacter_sets.pdf&ei=GY_pUZeXE8n8rQHv94GIAw&usg=AFQjCNEADIHLoVklxZjm2FE3eoYSJiivNA&sig2=eqrSkmCmmAGN9qHV8eEcMg&bvm=bv.49478099,d.aWM Sorry the URL is so long. It's the Character Set book for FrameMaker 9. I hoped it would work for FM 10, too. Obviously, I need to update my understanding of FM 10 and character sets. Thanks, everyone. I am saving your responses for reference the next time the special-character struggle comes up. Which it will.  On 07/19/13, Fred Ridder<docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote: Where did you get that 097 code point?   		 	   		  
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