Microsoft KB Archive/288146

= Font size is lost for Hebrew characters when you save a Word 97 document in Word 2000 and then open the document in Word 97 =

Article ID: 288146

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q288146



SYMPTOMS
When you do the following
 * 1) Use Microsoft Word 2000 to open a document that was created in Hebrew Word 97 SR-2
 * 2) Save the document in Word 2000 format
 * 3) Reopen the document in Hebrew Word 97

the Hebrew characters all appear the same size.



CAUSE
This behavior results from new formatting features introduced in Word 2000 that are incompatible with the Hebrew Word 97 format.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods.

Method 1
In Word 2000, save the document in RTF format instead of Word 2000 format. Move any macros that are currently in the document to a template.

Method 2
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Use a Visual Basic for Applications macro to update the SizeBi property of the text to be the same as the Size property. Sub SizeEqSizeBi

Dim i As Integer, iStart As Integer, iSizeBi As Integer Dim dCharCount As Double Dim rgCurrent As Range Dim ch As Characters Dim sTab As String

dCharCount = ActiveDocument.Characters.Count iStart = 1 iSizeBi = ActiveDocument.Characters(iStart).Font.SizeBi sTab = Chr(9) If dCharCount > 1 Then

For i = 1 To dCharCount Set rgCurrent = ActiveDocument.Characters(i) If rgCurrent.Font.SizeBi <> iSizeBi Or i = dCharCount Then 'ActiveDocument.Range(iStart - 1, i - 1).Select ActiveDocument.Range(iStart - 1, i - 1).Font.Size = iSizeBi iStart = i               iSizeBi = rgCurrent.Font.SizeBi End If       Next

End If

End Sub You can replace ActiveDocument with a document object passed in as an argument to the sub. This works with a batch conversion process.



MORE INFORMATION
Bi-directional (BiDi) products allow the user to type both left-to-right text and text in right-to-left languages such as Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, and Urdu.

Additional query words: word97 wd97 word2000 wd2000 wd2k hebrew roundtrip fontsize bi-di bidi bidirectional

Keywords: kbfix kbprb KB288146

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