Entering Escape Characters

Printer commands always begin with the escape character (?).

The following table shows how the escape character can be entered from various DOS software applications.

DOS Software Application

Entry

What Appears

 

 

 

Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony

Type \027

027

Microsoft Word for DOS

Hold down Alt and type 027 on the

 

numeric keypad

 

WordPerfect for DOS

Type <27>

<27>

MS-DOS Edit

Hold down Ctrl-P, and press Esc

MS-DOS Edlin

Hold down Ctrl-V, and press [

^[

dBase

?? CHR(27)+"command"

?? CHR(27)+" "

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