It would appear that you don't have the correct fonts for Equation Editor
installed, and Word is substituting Wingdings or Webdings or the like.

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"granterz" wrote in message
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when taking scientific equations from my university site onto my pc,
instead
of integration symbols and such, my computer shows lightning bolts, wine
glasses and empty boxes, why is this?