Entering escape characters

Note

PCL printer commands always begin with the escape character

 

 

(<esc>).

 

 

 

 

The following table lists the escape character entries for various

 

 

 

 

applications.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Application

 

 

Escape Character Entry

What Appears

 

 

 

 

Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony

 

Type \027

027

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Word for DOS

 

Hold down ALT and type 027

<—

 

 

 

 

WordPerfect for DOS

 

Type <27>

<27>

 

 

 

 

 

MS-DOS Editor

 

 

Hold down CTRL-P then ESC

<—

 

 

 

 

 

MS-DOS Edlin

 

 

Hold down CTRL-V then [

^[

 

 

 

 

 

dBase

 

 

?? CHR(27)+“command”

?? CHR(27)+“ ”

 

 

 

 

 

UNIX VI Editor

 

 

Hold down CTRL-V then ESC

^[

 

 

 

 

 

 

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