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File saved in wingding2 font.
When I attempt to change this file back to a "readable" font, all I get is a
series of blocks not matter what font I try. Any ideas on how to "recover" this document? Thanks! |
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Hi Hoeg-
This is not the definitive answer, but it is entirely possible that the Wingdings 2 characters in the document simply do not have equivalents in most (if any) other fonts. If the doc no longer has Undo available, you may not be able to restore the text to a readable state. Continue to check back, as someone may have some options to offer. Good Luck |:) "Hoeg" wrote: When I attempt to change this file back to a "readable" font, all I get is a series of blocks not matter what font I try. Any ideas on how to "recover" this document? Thanks! |
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Wingdings and other symbol fonts use ASCII codes rather than Unicode (well,
that's an oversimplification--actually, they all use the same Unicode range, and the glyph numbers don't map to any alphanumeric Unicode characters). I believe the standard answer is to paste the text into Notepad (?), change the font, then paste back into Word. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Hoeg- This is not the definitive answer, but it is entirely possible that the Wingdings 2 characters in the document simply do not have equivalents in most (if any) other fonts. If the doc no longer has Undo available, you may not be able to restore the text to a readable state. Continue to check back, as someone may have some options to offer. Good Luck |:) "Hoeg" wrote: When I attempt to change this file back to a "readable" font, all I get is a series of blocks not matter what font I try. Any ideas on how to "recover" this document? Thanks! |
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This worked . . . just doing a copy all and going to the notepad . . it was
in the right text again. Thank you so much!!!!! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Wingdings and other symbol fonts use ASCII codes rather than Unicode (well, that's an oversimplification--actually, they all use the same Unicode range, and the glyph numbers don't map to any alphanumeric Unicode characters). I believe the standard answer is to paste the text into Notepad (?), change the font, then paste back into Word. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Hoeg- This is not the definitive answer, but it is entirely possible that the Wingdings 2 characters in the document simply do not have equivalents in most (if any) other fonts. If the doc no longer has Undo available, you may not be able to restore the text to a readable state. Continue to check back, as someone may have some options to offer. Good Luck |:) "Hoeg" wrote: When I attempt to change this file back to a "readable" font, all I get is a series of blocks not matter what font I try. Any ideas on how to "recover" this document? Thanks! |
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Thanks for the confirmation. As many times as I've read this solution, I've
never had to try it myself, so I was not at all sure that I was remembering it right. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Hoeg" wrote in message ... This worked . . . just doing a copy all and going to the notepad . . it was in the right text again. Thank you so much!!!!! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Wingdings and other symbol fonts use ASCII codes rather than Unicode (well, that's an oversimplification--actually, they all use the same Unicode range, and the glyph numbers don't map to any alphanumeric Unicode characters). I believe the standard answer is to paste the text into Notepad (?), change the font, then paste back into Word. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Hoeg- This is not the definitive answer, but it is entirely possible that the Wingdings 2 characters in the document simply do not have equivalents in most (if any) other fonts. If the doc no longer has Undo available, you may not be able to restore the text to a readable state. Continue to check back, as someone may have some options to offer. Good Luck |:) "Hoeg" wrote: When I attempt to change this file back to a "readable" font, all I get is a series of blocks not matter what font I try. Any ideas on how to "recover" this document? Thanks! |
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