WD97: Selection Returns Question Marks Instead of Text

ID: Q162403

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Visual Basic for Applications Selection property to return selected text in a document, question marks appear instead of the expected characters.

CAUSE

The selected text contains text that has been formatted with a Symbol type font such as Symbol or WingDings.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: wordcon vba vbe vb

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode word8 kbwordvba word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug