WORD.DOC LOOK LIKE BOXS

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Highlight some of the text, Format - Font. What does it say?

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JoAnn Paules
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Dad said:
how do I find out what font it was?

JoAnn Paules said:
Sounds like they used a font you don't have.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Dad said:
when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares.
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This is not the result you get from a missing font; Word will still display
the text, substituting a font you do have. The most likely explanation for
the squares is that the document has been corrupted by being opened directly
from removable media. See “WD2002: Unexpected Characters Are Added to Your
Document” at
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329366. I believe it may be possible to
open the document in WordPad and retrieve the text.

Another article that might be relevant, depending on Word version, is
"Square boxes in Central European, Russian, or Greek document in Word 97" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=163813

See also "WD2002: Symbol Characters Are Changed to Box Characters" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290978; this one frequently bites users
who think they'll "protect" a document by changing the font to something
unreadable such as Wingdings and then find they can't convert back.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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JoAnn Paules said:
Sounds like they used a font you don't have.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Dad said:
when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares.
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Well, looks like I was wrong.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
This is not the result you get from a missing font; Word will still
display
the text, substituting a font you do have. The most likely explanation for
the squares is that the document has been corrupted by being opened
directly
from removable media. See “WD2002: Unexpected Characters Are Added to Your
Document” at
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329366. I believe it may be possible to
open the document in WordPad and retrieve the text.

Another article that might be relevant, depending on Word version, is
"Square boxes in Central European, Russian, or Greek document in Word 97"
at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=163813

See also "WD2002: Symbol Characters Are Changed to Box Characters" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290978; this one frequently bites users
who think they'll "protect" a document by changing the font to something
unreadable such as Wingdings and then find they can't convert back.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

JoAnn Paules said:
Sounds like they used a font you don't have.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Dad said:
when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares.
Click to expand...
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I have word 2000 Sp3 allways use fonts in program. some doc are OK some are
not. changing font only changes shape of box

JoAnn Paules said:
Well, looks like I was wrong.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
This is not the result you get from a missing font; Word will still
display
the text, substituting a font you do have. The most likely explanation for
the squares is that the document has been corrupted by being opened
directly
from removable media. See “WD2002: Unexpected Characters Are Added to Your
Document†at
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329366. I believe it may be possible to
open the document in WordPad and retrieve the text.

Another article that might be relevant, depending on Word version, is
"Square boxes in Central European, Russian, or Greek document in Word 97"
at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=163813

See also "WD2002: Symbol Characters Are Changed to Box Characters" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290978; this one frequently bites users
who think they'll "protect" a document by changing the font to something
unreadable such as Wingdings and then find they can't convert back.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

JoAnn Paules said:
Sounds like they used a font you don't have.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




when I open a doc all I see is pages fo little squares.
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