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WORD.DOC LOOK LIKE BOXS
when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares.
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Sounds like they used a font you don't have.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dad" wrote in message ... when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares. |
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how do I find out what font it was?
"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Sounds like they used a font you don't have. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dad" wrote in message ... when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares. |
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Highlight some of the text, Format - Font. What does it say?
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dad" wrote in message ... how do I find out what font it was? "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Sounds like they used a font you don't have. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dad" wrote in message ... when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares. |
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It doesn't matter. Select the entire document and choose a font you DO have.
"Dad" wrote in message ... how do I find out what font it was? "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Sounds like they used a font you don't have. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dad" wrote in message ... when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares. |
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WORD.DOC LOOK LIKE BOXS
This is not the result you get from a missing font; Word will still display
the text, substituting a font you do have. The most likely explanation for the squares is that the document has been corrupted by being opened directly from removable media. See “WD2002: Unexpected Characters Are Added to Your Document” at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329366. I believe it may be possible to open the document in WordPad and retrieve the text. Another article that might be relevant, depending on Word version, is "Square boxes in Central European, Russian, or Greek document in Word 97" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=163813 See also "WD2002: Symbol Characters Are Changed to Box Characters" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290978; this one frequently bites users who think they'll "protect" a document by changing the font to something unreadable such as Wingdings and then find they can't convert back. -- 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. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... Sounds like they used a font you don't have. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dad" wrote in message ... when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares. |
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Well, looks like I was wrong.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is not the result you get from a missing font; Word will still display the text, substituting a font you do have. The most likely explanation for the squares is that the document has been corrupted by being opened directly from removable media. See “WD2002: Unexpected Characters Are Added to Your Document” at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329366. I believe it may be possible to open the document in WordPad and retrieve the text. Another article that might be relevant, depending on Word version, is "Square boxes in Central European, Russian, or Greek document in Word 97" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=163813 See also "WD2002: Symbol Characters Are Changed to Box Characters" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290978; this one frequently bites users who think they'll "protect" a document by changing the font to something unreadable such as Wingdings and then find they can't convert back. -- 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. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... Sounds like they used a font you don't have. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dad" wrote in message ... when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares. |
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WORD.DOC LOOK LIKE BOXS
I have word 2000 Sp3 allways use fonts in program. some doc are OK some are
not. changing font only changes shape of box "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: Well, looks like I was wrong. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is not the result you get from a missing font; Word will still display the text, substituting a font you do have. The most likely explanation for the squares is that the document has been corrupted by being opened directly from removable media. See €śWD2002: Unexpected Characters Are Added to Your Document€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329366. I believe it may be possible to open the document in WordPad and retrieve the text. Another article that might be relevant, depending on Word version, is "Square boxes in Central European, Russian, or Greek document in Word 97" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=163813 See also "WD2002: Symbol Characters Are Changed to Box Characters" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290978; this one frequently bites users who think they'll "protect" a document by changing the font to something unreadable such as Wingdings and then find they can't convert back. -- 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. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... Sounds like they used a font you don't have. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Dad" wrote in message ... when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares. |
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