The ability to display fonts is determined by the current printer driver and
the font outlines available. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TextReflow.htm .
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org
David A Edge wrote:
Thanks for the reply, which I appreciate.
I have already got a copy of the converter you suggest, DOSWRD32.CNV,
which I had rejected in favour of the RTF route. I find that both
options have shortcomings in converting symbols; and though the first
succeeds with the underscore, the converted page length does not
match so nearly my accustomed page length - in Courier font - as does
the RTF option. (Text requires a greater length of page than before,
though the width is unaffected.)
It seems my originally-stated problem (non-displaying underscore) may
be a result of Courier incompatibility between Word for DOS and Word
2002. In Word 2002, I have now discovered that I can make the
hitherto non-displayed underscores appear on screen by selecting a
suitable block of text, including paragraph marks, and changing the
font to Courier New (the only Courier option available). But this
also has the effect of expanding that block of text height-wise - so
I might as well have used DOSWRD32.CNV. (I would prefer to stick
with Courier, at least initially. It seems odd that Word 2002 should
be less efficient than Word for DOS in that respect.)
I shall root around a bit more. But I would appreciate any additional
informed comment.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
The Word for DOS filter is linked from the downloads page of my web
site. I do not claim it will work any better, but it would save some
time and can be used with the batch conversion wizard.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
David A Edge wrote:
I use the underscore character (_) regularly. Just now, I am in the
process of transferring from Word for DOS to Word 2002, converting
my data files via RTF. I find that some RTF files opened in Word
2002 accept and display the underscore quite normally, but others
refuse to do so (whether via the keyboard or as an inserted
symbol). And yet the very same RTF files opened in Word for DOS
all accept and display the underscore without any problem. What
must I do to ensure that any RTF file (and any other file) opened
in Word 2002 will accept and display the underscore?