Microsoft KB Archive/68648

PRWIN9101004: Windows Help Does Not Support Symbol Font ID Number: Q68648

3.00 WINDOWS buglist3.00 fixlist3.10

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: WIN9101004

SYMPTOMS RTF text authored for the Windows Help Compiler version 3.0 in the Symbol font is displayed by Windows Help in the TmsRmn font.

RESOLUTION Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version 3.0. To use a symbol in the Help file, create a bitmap containing the appropriate symbol and refer to the bitmap in the help file RTF text. For more information on using bitmaps in help files, see page 17-14 of the “Windows Software Development Kit Tools” manual for version 3.0.

This problem was corrected in Windows version 3.1.

Additional reference words: 3.00 MICS3 T16