Z-Hacek Characters Do Not Display Properly

When you press ALT+0142 or ALT+0158 to display the Z-Hacek or z-Hacek characters, a square box may be displayed on the screen.

This issue can occur if you use a program that uses the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) table to display the Hacek characters.

To resolve this issue, use a program such as Microsoft Word that does not use the GDI table to display the Hacek characters. For additional information about how your program uses the GDI table, contact the manufacturer of your program.

For additional information about diacritical marks, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

The Western (1252) code page does not use the correct code in the GDI table for the Z-Hacek (U+017d) and z-Hacek (U+017e) characters. You may experience the behavior described in the Symptoms section of this article if you use any of the following programs:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97
• Microsoft WordPad