Microsoft KB Archive/137707

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WD: MS LineDraw and Wingdings Not Converted to WordPerfect 5.x

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Q137707

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 2.0c-CD, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.x
 * Microsoft Word for Macintosh, version 6.x

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SYMPTOMS
The following fonts may not be retained when you convert from the versions of Microsoft Word listed at the beginning of this article to WordPerfect 5.x format.

MS LineDraw

Wingdings

CAUSE
Characters and numbers 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.

Wingdings is converted to underscores and formatted with the 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 can reapply the Wingdings font or a similar decorative font to the text after importing the document into WordPerfect.

MORE INFORMATION
For more information about fonts in WordPerfect, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about fonts in WordPerfect, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q92643 Some Fonts Are Not Displayed in WordPerfect with Windows 3.1" Additional query words: converter converters conversion transfer translate font fonts map mapping symbol symbols decorative typeface truetype tt wpft5

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