WD97: Not All Fonts Appear in Insert Symbol Dialog Box (195572)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q195572

SUMMARY

Not all fonts appear in the Symbol dialog box.

The Symbol dialog box in Microsoft Word contains a Symbols From list box. The fonts listed in this box are either Decorative family fonts or fonts that have a non-ANSI/OEM character set (for example, Symbol or Zapf Dingbats). Fonts that do not appear in the Symbols From box include ANSI character set fonts (for example, Times Roman and Helvetica).

To access the Symbol dialog box, do the following:

Method 1

On the Insert menu, click Symbol.

Method 2

  1. On the Format menu, click Bullets And Numbering.
  2. On the Bulleted tab, click one of the bullet styles, and then click Customize.
  3. Click Bullet.

MORE INFORMATION

If you want to use a font that is not listed, you can type the name of the font in the Symbols From box. The font symbol grid is not updated automatically; after you type the font name, you must either press ENTER or select one of the characters on the symbol grid to display your chosen font.

For example, if you want to choose a symbol or bullet from the Courier font set, type Courier in the Symbols From box and then either press ENTER or select a cell on the symbol grid to view the Courier characters, and then select your symbol or new bullet character from the Courier font set.

NOTE: In Word for Windows 97, if a font is not a Unicode font, the contents of the Symbol dialog box will actually be Courier or CG Times. Two examples of such fonts are Bookshelf Symbol 1 and Bookshelf Symbol 2.

REFERENCES

For information about squares appearing in the Symbol dialog box, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163306 WD97: Squares Not Symbols in Insert Symbol Dialog Box

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2000
Keywords:kbinfo KB195572
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