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From: Joseph Sherman
Date: Dec 12, 2016 10:22AM

Excellent, thanks. Is there an easy way to use Unicode for Roman Numerals in Word/PDF when making lists/outlines?

Joseph

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> Yes.
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> Because Unicode was adopted worldwide by all computer technology manufacturers,
> it travels from program to program, technology to technology, platform to platform.
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> It's universal, hence the uni in unicode.
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> So yes, use Unicode in MS Word and it passes through to the PDF.
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> And also into HTML, Adobe InDesign, content management systems, EPUB,
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> > On 12/9/2016 4:29:33 PM, Joseph Sherman ( <EMAIL REMOVED> )
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> > > Does the Unicode for Roman numerals work when converting Word to PDF?
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> > Joseph
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> > > Save the MSWord as an HTML file.
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> > > It should be able to convert them. I know the Unicode chars have
> > > their
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> > > equivalent in HTML using
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