Unicode/Hexadecimal character reference conversion

Here's a stripped down MS Word macro that does nothing except convert a document's Unicode codepoints to hexadecimal numeric character references and back, courtesy of Jim Godwin: JLGuni.zip

This function might be useful to someone who has been having trouble saving the entire range of Unicode characters in an XML or HTML or other document. Most browsers and HTML and XML editors accept the hexadecimal numeric character reference form.

To install the macro, save attachment JLGUNI.dot in the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup. If you do not have such a folder on your computer, check Tools/Options/File Locations to determine the location of your Startup folder. This will make JLGUNI available in a MS Word global template, and the macros will be available through the Tools/Macro/Macros menu.

To convert all of a document's Unicode characters (that is, those outside of the common ASCII characters) to hexadecimal Numeric Character References, click on Tools/Macro/Macros, then select UniToXNCR, and click on Run.

To convert all of a document's hexadecimal Numeric Character Referrences to Unicode characters, click on Tools/Macro/Macros, then select XNCRToUni, and click on Run.