Microsoft KB Archive/165881

= WD97: Bullets Change to Other Characters When Changed to Text =

Article ID: 165881

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165881





SYMPTOMS
If you save a Word document containing bullets in Text With Layout format, when you open the Text With Layout document, the bullets will have changed to other characters.



CAUSE
The preset bullet characters are being incorrectly mapped to different extended ANSI characters.



WORKAROUND
Save the document as Text Only rather than as Text With Layout.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
If you save the document as Text Only, the bullet characters get mapped to either small dots or asterisks. This is the correct behavior. If you save the document as Text With Layout, the bullet characters get mapped to different, incorrect ANSI extended characters.

