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Jan_Arvid_G Author

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Have you noticed that Unicode Hexadecimal Input does not work if the UCS/Unicode four-digit hexadecimal code point number begins and ends with a zero, and what is done about it?

Some of you have probably noticed that Unicode Hexadecimal Input does not work if the UCS/Unicode four-digit hexadecimal code point number begins and ends with a zero. I have been in contact with Apple Support, and their tests have established that it is an error in macOS that started with Monterey 12.4, and has still not been resolved in Ventura 13.2.1.

Do you have suggestions how this can be fixed?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 9, 2023 5:21 PM

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Tom Gewecke

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Posted on Mar 12, 2023 10:32 AM

In case you are interested in trying the Text Replacement method, where you type the hex code and space and get the missing 0xx0 characters, you can get a .plist file with the ones you mentioned earlier here. I have not been able to test it myself yet. It is easy to customize it if necessary with a text editor.

Info on importing these is at

Back up and share text replacements on Mac - Apple Support

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Mar 10, 2023 4:54 AM in response to Jan_Arvid_G

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Mar 10, 2023 6:47 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

If only I had read begin and end with 0 in the OP's post… 🐏

Mar 10, 2023 8:29 AM in response to etresoft

Greybeard … 🤣

dialabrain

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Mar 11, 2023 5:20 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thank you Tom.

dialabrain

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Mar 11, 2023 6:06 AM in response to etresoft

Thanks for the reply.

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Mar 12, 2023 12:25 PM in response to Jan_Arvid_G

MS Word has its own list of substitutions which you have to configure it its settings separately.

To avoid the extra space try pressing down arrow and return instead.

Tom Gewecke

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Mar 13, 2023 11:45 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Sorry, my statement on the Space Before problem is wrong, Word does have this with most characters.

Tom Gewecke

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Mar 13, 2023 3:07 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Regarding Space Before Problem: I think this can be fixed in Word by putting hyphen before the trigger (-02d0-).

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Mar 13, 2023 9:30 PM in response to Jan_Arvid_G

Thanks for the update!

Tom Gewecke

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Mar 28, 2023 11:41 AM in response to Jan_Arvid_G

This bug in the Unicode Hex input source has been fixed in MacOS 13.3.

Have you noticed that Unicode Hexadecimal Input does not work if the UCS/Unicode four-digit hexadecimal code point number begins and ends with a zero, and what is done about it?