Microsoft KB Archive/212658

= WD2000: Selection Returns Left Parenthesis Instead of Text =

Article ID: 212658

Article Last Modified on 5/13/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q212658





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications Selection property to return selected text in a document, an open left parenthesis "(" may appear instead of the expected characters.



CAUSE
The selected text contains text that has been formatted with a Symbol type font such as Symbol, Wingdings, or Webdings.

To demonstrate the problem, the following Visual Basic macro displays a left parenthesis in a Message Box when a Symbol character is selected in a Word document: Sub TestExample ' Display the selection to a message box. MsgBox Selection.Text End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: vba vbe vb

Keywords: kbbug kbdtacode kbpending KB212658

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