Microsoft KB Archive/212169

= WD2000: MS LineDraw and Wingdings Fonts Lost When Document Saved =

Article ID: 212169

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212169





SYMPTOMS
When you save a document with characters formatted with either the MS LineDraw font or the Wingdings font, the characters may be changed to line or underscore characters, and the font is not retained in the document.



CAUSE
Characters formatted with the MS LineDraw font may convert to line or underscore characters. This behavior is by design. Word uses the MS LineDraw font to convert the line draw features of other programs, such as WordPerfect, into Word.

Characters formatted with the Wingdings font are converted to underscore characters and formatted with Courier New or an equivalent fixed-width, monospace font. This behavior is by design, because there are no other decorative fonts that map exactly to the same characters in the Wingdings font set.



WORKAROUND
To retain formatting similar to the MS LineDraw font when converting to other formats, use the Courier New font or another fixed-width, monospace font.

You may be able to reapply the Wingdings font or a similar decorative font to the text after importing the document into WordPerfect.

Additional query words: converter converters conversion transfer translate font fonts map mapping symbol symbols decorative typeface truetype tt wpft5

Keywords: kbprb kbpending KB212169

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