I got stuck with a problem with Alt-codes. I frequently need to enter the minus sign in my texts. My company uses Excel, PowerPoint and Word to exchange texts. Therefore I need to be able to type the minus in these three programs.
Having looked up the codes at http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2212/index.htm and experimented with them, I discovered the following:
- In Word and PowerPoint, Alt+8722 works. Alt,+,2212 doesn't work even after registry modification. Word used to switch to inline equation editor before registry modification, and stopped doing it afterwards.
- In Excel, Notepad, and here (in Chrome), Alt,+,2212 works after registry modification.
So Word and PowerPoint behave differently than Notepad, Excel and other programs.
I wonder: why does the same method produce different results in different Microsoft programs, and if there is a uniform method to get the minus-sign in Windows?