can't use
it as a literal part of the pad string.  If you need the sign to
appear in the text of a padded line, change the pad marker with
<a href="#PAD_MARKER">PAD_MARKER</a>.
Also, be aware that <kbd>#</kbd> as a pad marker only applies
within the <strong>PAD</strong> macro; at all other times it prints
literally, just as you'd expect.
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Another important consideration when using <strong>PAD</strong> is that
because the string must be enclosed in double-quotes, you can't use the
double-quote <nobr