WD97: Bullets Change to Other Characters When Changed to Text (165881)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q165881 SYMPTOMS
If you save a Word document containing bullets in Text With Layout format,
when you open the Text With Layout document, the bullets will have changed
to other characters.
CAUSE
The preset bullet characters are being incorrectly mapped to different
extended ANSI characters.
WORKAROUND
Save the document as Text Only rather than as Text With Layout.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this
problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
If you save the document as Text Only, the bullet characters get mapped to
either small dots or asterisks. This is the correct behavior. If you save
the document as Text With Layout, the bullet characters get mapped to
different, incorrect ANSI extended characters.
REFERENCES
For more information on bullets and numbering and how they are converted,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
164618 WD97: Conversion of Bullets and Numbering
For more information about text converters, click Contents And Index on the
Help menu, click the Index tab in Help Topics: Microsoft Word, type the
following text
converting documents, file
and then double-click the selected text, and then go to the "File format
converters supplied with Microsoft Word" topic. If you are unable to find
the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbnumbering kbualink97 kbusage KB165881 |
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