WD2000: MS LineDraw Font Not Usable in Word (211807)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word 2000, if you open a document from an earlier version of Word or from another word-processing program that uses the MS LineDraw font, you cannot use this font to draw lines or boxes.

CAUSE

The MS LineDraw font is included in some earlier versions of Microsoft Word, MS-DOS, and Microsoft Windows 3.0, and is not intended as a drawing tool.

This font is intended for importing documents that contain line drawings from MS-DOS-based programs, such as WordPerfect. Word 2000 identifies the MS LineDraw font as a symbol font and interprets text in the MS LineDraw font as a series of symbols. Therefore, many formatting and proofing features of Word ignore this text.

WORKAROUND

To draw lines or boxes within Word, use the drawing tools and features that ship with Word to create lines, outlines, boxes, and other shapes. To do this, follow these steps:

Turn on the Drawing toolbar by pointing to Toolbars on the View menu, and clicking Drawing.
Use the Drawing toolbar buttons to draw the shapes you want.

MORE INFORMATION

The Courier New font contains the exact same character set as MS LineDraw. Microsoft Word should map the MS LineDraw font to Courier New; however, because there are several versions of the Courier New font, Word may or may not map it correctly. The Courier New version 2.0 font should allow the correct mapping of the MS LineDraw font.

To access the line drawing characters that used to be available in MS LineDraw, click Symbol on the Insert menu, and then click (Normal Text) in the Font list.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

211916 WD2000: Some Fonts Are Not Available in Word

For more information about drawing tools in Word 2000, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type drawing tools in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.