Zapf Dingbat Fonts Map Incorrectly in Excel

 Last reviewed: November 1, 1994
Article ID: Q71882

SUMMARY

The Zapf Dingbat printer fonts that are installed with PowerPoint will map incorrectly with the Zapf Dingbat screen fonts under Excel 3.00. If the Zapf Dingbat screen font is selected when you choose Font from the Format menu, the characters will appear correctly on the screen but will print in Times Roman or Courier. The opposite will occur if the Zapf Dingbat printer font is selected. The characters will appear as Times Roman or Courier on the screen but will print correctly. This problem did not occur under Excel 2.1x.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

To correct the mapping problem, the name of the printer font can be changed to more closely resemble the screen font name.

  1. Open the Control Panel in Windows.

  2. Select Printers, and choose Configure.

  3. Choose Setup and Fonts to access the Printer Font Installer.

  4. Select the first entry for ITC Zapf Dingbats SWA under Installed Fonts and choose Edit.

  5. Change the name of the font to ZapfDingbats (note that there are no spaces).

  6. Choose OK and then select the next Zapf Dingbat font.

  7. Continue this process until all the font names have been changed. Once all the printer font names have been changed, the printer and screen fonts will map as expected.

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Last reviewed: November 1, 1994
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