XL97: Euro Currency Character Is Not Displayed Correctly (192361)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q192361
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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS

The euro currency character is not displayed as expected on your worksheet. It appears as a vertical bar or a pipe character instead of the euro character.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you do any of the following:
  • You switch to Page Break Preview or zoom the worksheet to less than 80%. This percentage may vary depending on the type and size of the font that you are using on the worksheet.

    -or-
  • You format the worksheet cell with a font size less than 8 points.

RESOLUTION

When you adjust the zoom ratio of the worksheet to less than 80% (depending on the type and size of font that you are using) or resize the font to less than 8 points, Microsoft Excel switches to using Small Fonts, Smalle.fon, or Smallf.fon, depending on the video driver in use in Microsoft Windows. Currently the Euro font is not supported for font sizes smaller than 8 points. However, you can add a registry entry that will cause Microsoft Excel not to switch to using Small Fonts when zooming the worksheet.

To use the Registry Editor to disable the Small Font substitution, follow these steps.

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
  1. Close any programs that are running.
  2. On the Start menu, click Run. Type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
  3. In the Registry Editor, expand the following key:
          HKey_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Excel\Microsoft Excel
  4. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. With New Value #1 selected, type FontSub, and then press ENTER.
  5. On the Edit menu, click Modify. In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, click Decimal under Base. Type the number 0 (zero) for Value. Click OK and quit the Registry Editor.
  6. Start Microsoft Excel. Note that when you zoom your worksheet to 60%, Excel will not substitute a Small Font and the euro character will appear as expected.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the euro character, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/euro.asp

This Web page contains information about euro character support and links to other relevant Web pages, including the official European Union Web site.

For more information about support for the euro in Microsoft Office 95 and Microsoft Office 97, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/11/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB192361
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