Microsoft KB Archive/183637

= WD98: Selection Object Returns Underscores Instead of Text =

Article ID: 183637

Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q183637





SYMPTOMS
When you use the Visual Basic for Applications Selection property to return selected text in a document, underscore characters (_) appear instead of the expected characters.



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



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

