Article ID: 264184
Article Last Modified on 8/15/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q264184
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 97 SR-2 and subsequent update releases, when you use extended characters for some fonts, such as Wingdings and Webdings, the characters appear differently from what you see in the Character Map tool in Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98.
CAUSE
Excel 97 SR-2 does not handle some Unicode mapping correctly in Windows 95/ 98.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.
MORE INFORMATION
You can use either of the following methods to access extended characters:
- Hold down the ALT key and type the four digit code of the extended character on the numeric keypad.
-or-
- Use the Character Map tool in Windows. For more information about installing and using Character Map, refer to the Windows 95/98 documentation.
REFERENCES
For additional information about using special characters, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
100381 How to Use Keystrokes to Insert Special Characters
191191 XL97: Problems Printing Unicode (Extended) Characters
Additional query words: XL97 high order ascii ansi decorative fonts symbols
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