[Heather]

I saved a document in Microsoft Word 2003 with Wingdings text so that if
someone opened it, they wouldn't be able to read it. Now when I open it, it
won't change back to Times New Roman. Help!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See "WD2002: Symbol Characters Are Changed to Box Characters"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290978

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Heather" wrote in message
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I saved a document in Microsoft Word 2003 with Wingdings text so that if
someone opened it, they wouldn't be able to read it. Now when I open it,
it
won't change back to Times New Roman. Help!

[Klaus Linke]

"Heather" wrote:
I saved a document in Microsoft Word 2003 with Wingdings text so
that if someone opened it, they wouldn't be able to read it. Now when
I open it, it won't change back to Times New Roman. Help!

Hi Heather,

Microsoft has a macro to fix the doc in this KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212396/en-us

Below is a macro that may work better (applies the default paragraph font rather than "Arial", is simpler, and should run faster).

If you need help with running macros, see he
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/CreateAMacro.htm

Regards,
Klaus


Sub ConvertSymbol2()
Dim i As Long
Dim sReplace As String
If Selection.Type wdSelectionNormal Then
Selection.Expand Unit:=wdStory
End If
Selection.Font.Name = "Arial"
For i = &HF020 To &HF0FF
If i = &HF05E Then
sReplace = "^^"
Else
sReplace = ChrW(i - &HF000)
End If
Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
Selection.Find.Replacement.Style = _
ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleDefaultParagraphFont)
With Selection.Find
.Text = ChrW(i)
.Replacement.Text = sReplace
.Format = True
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindContinue
.Format = False
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
Next i

End Sub

[Heather]

THANK YOU!!!!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See "WD2002: Symbol Characters Are Changed to Box Characters"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290978

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Heather" wrote in message
...
I saved a document in Microsoft Word 2003 with Wingdings text so that if
someone opened it, they wouldn't be able to read it. Now when I open it,
it
won't change back to Times New Roman. Help!