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odd punctuation in older Word File -- font problem?
When I bring in some older MS Word files into Word 2003, some punctuation in
the file is coming in as an 'A', like this: A We the People,A instead of quote marks " ". Some punctuation also comes in with @ or odd circles with X in middle? Seems like a figurine font, but I cannot get it into normal times roman with normal punctuation? |
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odd punctuation in older Word File -- font problem?
This is most often a symptom of a document having been created in
WordPerfect using the WP Typographic Symbols font for quotes, dashes, and the like. This is often not noticed as long as the files stay on computers with that font installed. As computers are upgraded and the files transferred, the absence of the font makes the problem very noticeable. Although you could "solve" (disguise) the problem by installing the font, it would still be very obvious if you sent the files to someone without the font installed, so the only solution is usually to replace (with Find and Replace when possible, manually when necessary) the existing punctuation with the correct characters from the default paragraph font. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... When I bring in some older MS Word files into Word 2003, some punctuation in the file is coming in as an 'A', like this: A We the People,A instead of quote marks " ". Some punctuation also comes in with @ or odd circles with X in middle? Seems like a figurine font, but I cannot get it into normal times roman with normal punctuation? |
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odd punctuation in older Word File -- font problem?
thanks. Is there a way to find and install that WP font? I do not think this
file was originally in Wordperfect, but I may have forgotten.... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This is most often a symptom of a document having been created in WordPerfect using the WP Typographic Symbols font for quotes, dashes, and the like. This is often not noticed as long as the files stay on computers with that font installed. As computers are upgraded and the files transferred, the absence of the font makes the problem very noticeable. Although you could "solve" (disguise) the problem by installing the font, it would still be very obvious if you sent the files to someone without the font installed, so the only solution is usually to replace (with Find and Replace when possible, manually when necessary) the existing punctuation with the correct characters from the default paragraph font. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... When I bring in some older MS Word files into Word 2003, some punctuation in the file is coming in as an 'A', like this: A We the People,A instead of quote marks " ". Some punctuation also comes in with @ or odd circles with X in middle? Seems like a figurine font, but I cannot get it into normal times roman with normal punctuation? |
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odd punctuation in older Word File -- font problem?
Googling for "WP Typographic Symbols font" brings up this site, which
appears to offer it for download: http://www.flyerstarter.com/free-fon...c-Symbols.html. Another site that purports to have it is http://www.pickafont.com/fonts/W/Wp%...icsymbols.html, but the display is not reassuring. g You might also want to look at http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/wptoword.html, which offers a macro to replace the symbols (I don't know what versions of Word/WP it might work with). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... thanks. Is there a way to find and install that WP font? I do not think this file was originally in Wordperfect, but I may have forgotten.... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This is most often a symptom of a document having been created in WordPerfect using the WP Typographic Symbols font for quotes, dashes, and the like. This is often not noticed as long as the files stay on computers with that font installed. As computers are upgraded and the files transferred, the absence of the font makes the problem very noticeable. Although you could "solve" (disguise) the problem by installing the font, it would still be very obvious if you sent the files to someone without the font installed, so the only solution is usually to replace (with Find and Replace when possible, manually when necessary) the existing punctuation with the correct characters from the default paragraph font. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "removing all headers and footers" t.com wrote in message ... When I bring in some older MS Word files into Word 2003, some punctuation in the file is coming in as an 'A', like this: A We the People,A instead of quote marks " ". Some punctuation also comes in with @ or odd circles with X in middle? Seems like a figurine font, but I cannot get it into normal times roman with normal punctuation? |
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