WD98: Bullets Change to Other Characters When File Saved as Text (181260)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q181260 SYMPTOMS
If you save a Word document that contains bullets in Text With Layout
format, close and then open the Text With Layout document, the bullets will
have changed to different 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
When 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 about converting bullets and numbering formatting,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
181261 WD98: Conversion of Bullets and Numbering
For more information about text conversions, click Contents And Index
on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of
the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in
Word Help, type the following text
converting files, converters
and then click Show Topics. Select the "File format converters supplied
with Microsoft Word" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the
information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/4/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbconversion KB181260 |
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