Microsoft KB Archive/194466

= OFF98: Euro Symbol Replaced By Word End-of-Cell Marker =

Article ID: 194466

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q194466



SYMPTOMS
When you open a document in a Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition program, one or more characters have been replaced by the character that represents the Word end-of-cell marker.

When you open a workbook in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, one or more characters have been replaced by boxes.



CAUSE
This problem will occur when the following conditions are true:


 * You open a document that was created in an Office for Windows program in any Office 98 program that contains the Euro currency symbol.

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 * You are running Macintosh Operating System (OS) 8.5.

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 * You have installed the Office 98 Update for Mac OS 8.5.

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 * You are not using a Euro-compatible font.



RESOLUTION
You must switch to a Euro-compatible font in order to display the Euro symbol. The following is a list of Euro-compatible fonts that are installed with Macintosh OS 8.5:

Capitals

Charcoal

Chicago

Courier

Gadget

Geneva

Helvetica

Monaco

New York

Palatino

Sand

Techno

Textile

Times

NOTE: The fonts that are installed by Microsoft Office 98 are not Euro- compatible.

Additional query words: OFF98

Keywords: kbprb KB194466

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