ampersand fix

Author: Linda Caputo

Language/Concepts/Getting-Started/visual-basic-naming-rules.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Use the following rules when you name [procedures](../../Glossary/vbe-glossary.m
 
 - You must use a letter as the first character.
 
-- You can't use a space, period (**.**), exclamation mark (**!**), or the characters **@**, **&;**, **$**, **#** in the name.
+- You can't use a space, period (**.**), exclamation mark (**!**), or the characters **@**, **&**, **$**, **#** in the name.
 
 - Name can't exceed 255 characters in length.
 

Language/Glossary/vbe-glossary.md

@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ A programming error that can cause code to produce incorrect results or stop exe
 
 ## Long data type
 
-A 4-byte integer ranging in value from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. The ampersand (**&;**) type-declaration character represents a **Long** in Visual Basic.
+A 4-byte integer ranging in value from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. The ampersand (**&**) type-declaration character represents a **Long** in Visual Basic.
 
 
 ## margin indicator

Language/Reference/User-Interface-Help/character-set-0127.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ms.date: 08/24/2018
 |3||35|#|67|C|99|c|
 |4||36|$|68|D|100|d|
 |5||37|%|69|E|101|e|
-|6||38|&;|70|F|102|f|
+|6||38|&|70|F|102|f|
 |7||39|'|71|G|103|g|
 |8|* *|40|(|72|H|104|h|
 |9|* *|41|)|73|I|105|i|

Language/Reference/User-Interface-Help/closereturn-to-host-application-command-file-menu.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: Close &; Return to <host application> Command (File Menu)
+title: Close & return to <host application> command (File Menu)
 keywords: vbui6.chm2057568
 f1_keywords:
 - vbui6.chm2057568
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ms.date: 06/08/2017
 ---
 
 
-# Close &; Return to <host application> Command (File Menu)
+# Close & return to <host application> command (File Menu)
 
 Closes the development environment and returns you to the host application. Visual Basic is hidden but remains in memory.
 

Language/Reference/User-Interface-Help/commands-tab-customize-dialog-box.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Allows you to change the selected command.
 
 - Delete — Deletes the command.
 
-- Name — Changes the name of the control to the name you type into the box. By using the ampersand (&;), you can also set shortcut keys.
+- Name — Changes the name of the control to the name you type into the box. By using the ampersand (&), you can also set shortcut keys.
 
 - Copy Button Image — Copies the button image to the  **Clipboard**.
 

Language/Reference/User-Interface-Help/concatenation-operators.md

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 ---
-title: Concatenation Operators
+title: Concatenation operators
 ms.prod: office
 ms.assetid: 00d31f2e-9609-90bc-a0e4-d221d642efbe
 ms.date: 06/08/2017
 ---
 
 
-# Concatenation Operators
+# Concatenation operators
 
-[&; Operator](operator.md)
-
-[+ Operator](plus-operator.md)
+- [& operator](operator.md)
+- [+ operator](plus-operator.md)
 

Language/Reference/User-Interface-Help/format-function-visual-basic-for-applications.md

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ You can use any of the following characters to create a format [expression](../.
 |**Character**|**Description**|
 |:-----|:-----|
 |**@**|Character placeholder. Display a character or a space. If the string has a character in the position where the at symbol (**@**) appears in the format string, display it; otherwise, display a space in that position. Placeholders are filled from right to left unless there is an exclamation point character (**!**) in the format string.|
-|**&;**|Character placeholder. Display a character or nothing. If the string has a character in the position where the ampersand (**&;**) appears, display it; otherwise, display nothing. Placeholders are filled from right to left unless there is an exclamation point character (**!**) in the format string.|
+|**&**|Character placeholder. Display a character or nothing. If the string has a character in the position where the ampersand (**&**) appears, display it; otherwise, display nothing. Placeholders are filled from right to left unless there is an exclamation point character (**!**) in the format string.|
 |**<**|Force lowercase. Display all characters in lowercase format.|
 |**>**|Force uppercase. Display all characters in uppercase format.|
 |**!**|Force left to right fill of placeholders. The default is to fill placeholders from right to left.|
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ The following table identifies characters you can use to create user-defined num
 |(**/**)|[Date separator](../../Glossary/vbe-glossary.md#date-separators). In some locales, other characters may be used to represent the date separator. The date separator separates the day, month, and year when date values are formatted. The actual character used as the date separator in formatted output is determined by your system settings.|
 |(**E- E+ e- e+**)|Scientific format. If the format expression contains at least one digit placeholder (**0** or **#**) to the right of E-, E+, e-, or e+, the number is displayed in scientific format and E or e is inserted between the number and its exponent. The number of digit placeholders to the right determines the number of digits in the exponent. Use E- or e- to place a minus sign next to negative exponents. Use E+ or e+ to place a minus sign next to negative exponents and a plus sign next to positive exponents.|
 |**- + $** ( )|Display a literal character. To display a character other than one of those listed, precede it with a backslash (`\`) or enclose it in double quotation marks (" ").|
-|(**\\**)|Display the next character in the format string. To display a character that has special meaning as a literal character, precede it with a backslash (`\`). The backslash itself isn't displayed. Using a backslash is the same as enclosing the next character in double quotation marks. To display a backslash, use two backslashes (`\\`). Examples of characters that can't be displayed as literal characters are the date-formatting and time-formatting characters (a, c, d, h, m, n, p, q, s, t, w, y, /, and :), the numeric-formatting characters (#, 0, %, E, e, comma, and period), and the string-formatting characters (@, &;, <, >, and !).|
+|(**\\**)|Display the next character in the format string. To display a character that has special meaning as a literal character, precede it with a backslash (`\`). The backslash itself isn't displayed. Using a backslash is the same as enclosing the next character in double quotation marks. To display a backslash, use two backslashes (`\\`). Examples of characters that can't be displayed as literal characters are the date-formatting and time-formatting characters (a, c, d, h, m, n, p, q, s, t, w, y, /, and :), the numeric-formatting characters (#, 0, %, E, e, comma, and period), and the string-formatting characters (@, &, <, >, and !).|
 |("ABC")|Display the string inside the double quotation marks (" "). To include a string in **_format_** from within code, you must use **Chr(34)** to enclose the text (34 is the [character code](../../Glossary/vbe-glossary.md#character-code) for a quotation mark (")).|
 
 

Language/Reference/User-Interface-Help/implements-statement.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ When a Visual Basic class implements an interface, the Visual Basic class provid
 
  **Note**  Visual Basic does not implement derived classes or interfaces.
 
-When you implement an interface or class, you must include all the  **Public** procedures involved. A missing member in an implementation of an interface or class causes an error. If you don't place code in one of the procedures in a class you are implementing, you can raise the appropriate error (**Const** E_NOTIMPL = &;H80004001) so a user of the implementation understands that a member is not implemented.
+When you implement an interface or class, you must include all the  **Public** procedures involved. A missing member in an implementation of an interface or class causes an error. If you don't place code in one of the procedures in a class you are implementing, you can raise the appropriate error (**Const** E_NOTIMPL = &H80004001) so a user of the implementation understands that a member is not implemented.
 The  **Implements** statement can't appear in a [standard module](../../Glossary/vbe-glossary.md#standard-module).
 
 ## Example

Language/Reference/User-Interface-Help/inputbox-function.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The **InputBox** function syntax has these [named arguments](../../Glossary/vbe-
 
 |**Part**|**Description**|
 |:-----|:-----|
-|**_prompt_**|Required. [String expression](../../Glossary/vbe-glossary.md#string-expression) displayed as the message in the dialog box. The maximum length of **_prompt_** is approximately 1024 characters, depending on the width of the characters used. If **_prompt_** consists of more than one line, you can separate the lines using a carriage return character (**Chr(** 13 **)**), a linefeed character (**Chr(** 10 **)**), or carriage return-linefeed character combination (**Chr(** 13 **)** &; **Chr(** 10 **)**) between each line.|
+|**_prompt_**|Required. [String expression](../../Glossary/vbe-glossary.md#string-expression) displayed as the message in the dialog box. The maximum length of **_prompt_** is approximately 1024 characters, depending on the width of the characters used. If **_prompt_** consists of more than one line, you can separate the lines using a carriage return character (**Chr(** 13 **)**), a linefeed character (**Chr(** 10 **)**), or carriage return-linefeed character combination (**Chr(** 13 **)** & **Chr(** 10 **)**) between each line.|
 |**_title_**|Optional. String expression displayed in the title bar of the dialog box. If you omit **_title_**, the application name is placed in the title bar.|
 |**_default_**|Optional. String expression displayed in the text box as the default response if no other input is provided. If you omit **_default_**, the text box is displayed empty.|
 |**_xpos_**|Optional. [Numeric expression](../../Glossary/vbe-glossary.md#numeric-expression) that specifies, in twips, the horizontal distance of the left edge of the dialog box from the left edge of the screen. If **_xpos_** is omitted, the dialog box is horizontally centered.|

Language/Reference/User-Interface-Help/invalid-base-address.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ You entered an invalid base address. This error has the following cause and solu
 
 
 
-- On the Compile Tab in the  **Project Properties** dialog, you specified an invalid Base Address. A valid base address must be a multiple of 64K, greater than 64K, and less than &;H7FFF0000. This error occurs in ActiveX DLL or ActiveX Control projects.
+- On the Compile Tab in the  **Project Properties** dialog, you specified an invalid Base Address. A valid base address must be a multiple of 64K, greater than 64K, and less than &H7FFF0000. This error occurs in ActiveX DLL or ActiveX Control projects.
 
 
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