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 CG>          AVOID THE USE OF MSWord'S INSERT-SYMBOL COMMAND
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 CG>
 CG> PRESTO! Consistent symbols throughout all the documents.
 CG>
 CG> They look good -
 CG>                         BUT they are all the equivalent of the
 CG> ascii40 code. Lose the machinations behind the scenes, whether it
 CG> is character formatting or MSoft mumbo-jumbo, and you are left
 CG> with a scattering of ascii40 characters throughout your document,
 CG> with no easy way of determining whether you are looking at a
 CG> plus-or-minus or a less-than-or-equal-to or a greater-than-or-
 CG> equal-to.
You CAN find and change symbols...
Find the code ^40, when youre on it selecet "insert, symbol" in the dialog 
you can see the current value and font of the symbol. Using a macro you can 
get the values like:
Function SymbolValue
   Dim dlg As InvoegenSymbool
   GetCurValues dlg
   SymbolValue = Val(dlg.TekenNum)
End Function
Function FontValue$
   Dim dlg As InvoegenSymbool
   GetCurValues dlg
   FontValue$ = dlg.Lettertype
End Function
(use these with the symbol selected in the text.
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