Microsoft KB Archive/176296

= PPT97: Symbols Appear as Squares After Opening Presentation =

Article ID: 176296

Article Last Modified on 10/24/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176296



SYMPTOMS
When you open a PowerPoint 97 presentation on a Windows 95 computer, you see "square" characters rather than symbol characters.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you create the presentation on a computer that is running Windows NT 4.0 and you insert a symbol using the [normal text] option in the Insert Symbol dialog box in PowerPoint. Windows NT 4.0 supports a greater number of special characters than Windows 95. Because Windows 95 cannot correctly display these special characters, it displays squares.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use a symbol from a standard font that is shared by both Windows 95 and Windows NT rather than the [normal text] option. The symbol fonts in the following list are shared between Windows NT and Windows 95:

Symbol

MT Extra

Monotype Sorts

Wingdings

Additional query words: OFF97 PPT97 square rectangle symbol bullet bullets

Keywords: kbfont kbprb KB176296

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