WD97: Bullets Change to Other Characters When Changed to Text

 Last reviewed: February 16, 1998
Article ID: Q165881
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you save a Word document containing bullets in Text With Layout format, when you open the Text With Layout document, the bullets will have changed to other characters.

CAUSE

The preset bullet characters are being incorrectly mapped to different extended ANSI characters.

WORKAROUND

Save the document as Text Only rather than as Text With Layout.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

If you save the document as Text Only, the bullet characters get mapped to either small dots or asterisks. This is the correct behavior. If you save the document as Text With Layout, the bullet characters get mapped to different, incorrect ANSI extended characters.

REFERENCES

For more information on bullets and numbering and how they are converted, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE ID: Q164618
   TITLE     : WD97: Conversion of Bullets and Numbering
For more information about text converters, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Help Topics: Microsoft Word, type the following text 

   converting documents, file
and then double-click the selected text, and then go to the "File format converters supplied with Microsoft Word" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant. 
Keywords          : kbnumbering word97 kbualink97 kbusage
Version           : 97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

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Last reviewed: February 16, 1998
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