Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 18, 2023)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
When writing macros, you can use the Asc function to determine the ANSI value of the first letter of a string. In early versions of BASIC, Asc returned the ASCII value, but Word uses only ANSI values. The function uses the following format:
x = Asc(sMyString)
where x is the variable that the ANSI value should be assigned to, and sMyString is the string to be analyzed.
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