Make sure your keyboard's Num Lock is "on", then
press & hold ALT and type in 0162 using only the Numeric
Keyboard.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

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"Maxine" <missmax2@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:uqcBbY3RJHA.1144@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
I cannot get the correct symbol or character to show when I used the Alt +
code in Windows mail or in Microsoft Works. For example when I type
Alt+0162 which should be the 'cent' sign I get a smiley face. It only works
when I copy and paste to the document. How can I make it work using the
Alt+ command?
Thanks,
Maxine