XL97: Some Extended Characters Mapped Incorrectly on Windows 95/98 (264184)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q264184

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97 SR-2 and subsequent update releases, when you use extended characters for some fonts, such as Wingdings and Webdings, the characters appear differently from what you see in the Character Map tool in Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98.

CAUSE

Excel 97 SR-2 does not handle some Unicode mapping correctly in Windows 95/ 98.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.  This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

You can use either of the following methods to access extended characters:
  • Hold down the ALT key and type the four digit code of the extended character on the numeric keypad.

    -or-

  • Use the Character Map tool in Windows. For more information about installing and using Character Map, refer to the Windows 95/98 documentation.

REFERENCES

For additional information about using special characters, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

100381 How to Use Keystrokes to Insert Special Characters

191191 XL97: Problems Printing Unicode (Extended) Characters

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/15/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbnofix KB264184
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