It's working fine for me using Inkscape 0.91 (64-bit) on Windows 7.
This sounds like an issue on a specific platform or a shortcut conflict.
What OS and Inkscape version do you use?

Sebastian

On 2 March 2016 at 11:45, John Sampson <jrs.idx@...3210...> wrote:
Hello -

I am new to Inkscape.

I am trying to enter a Unicode character into text. While text is
selected I press ctrl-U but this terminates the text rather than going
into Unicode mode. Has the function of ctrl-U been changed in current
versions of Inkscape?

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