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EN Appendix B 227
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 C
TRL-V then [ ^[
dBase ?? CHR(27)+“command” ?? CHR(27)+“”
UNIX VI Editor Hold down CTRL-V then ESC ^[