PRWIN9101004: Windows Help Does Not Support Symbol Font

ID Number: Q68648

3.00

WINDOWS

buglist3.00 fixlist3.10

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: WIN9101004

SYMPTOMS

RTF text authored for the Windows Help Compiler version 3.0 in the

Symbol font is displayed by Windows Help in the TmsRmn font.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version

3.0. To use a symbol in the Help file, create a bitmap containing

the appropriate symbol and refer to the bitmap in the help file RTF

text. For more information on using bitmaps in help files, see page

17-14 of the "Windows Software Development Kit Tools" manual for

version 3.0.

This problem was corrected in Windows version 3.1.

Additional reference words: 3.00 MICS3 T16