Special Characters Don't Dislay as Alternate Text

ID: Q131367

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Entity and character references included as alternate text within an <IMG> element may not display in your browser as the special characters they are intended to represent.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0 and 1.0z. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

Open the document as text only and change the ALT attribute within the <IMG>...</IMG> element to reflect the appropriate entity or character reference.

MORE INFORMATION

Entity references use symbolic names to identify special characters. They take the following form: 

   &xxx;
Entity references begin with an ampersand and are terminated with a semicolon. Between these two characters is the name of the entity in ASCII characters. For example, the entity reference for the less than (<) symbol is: 

   <
Character references use a decimal number to identify the special character. Their form is similar to the following entity reference: 

   &#nnn;
The character reference begins with an ampersand and ends with a semicolon. After the ampersand is the number sign (#) followed by a decimal number that corresponds to the character. The character reference for the less than (<) symbol is: 

   <
KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: Additional query words: 6.0a 6.0c winword 1.0 1.0z iaword internet ia html word6 assistant character entity references entities 
Keywords          : kbwdinternet 
Version           : 1.0 1.0z
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998