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Q104597: Pan Chinese Characters Appear as ASCII Text

Article: Q104597
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprint kbPrinting
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, Pan Chinese Edition, version 4 
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SYMPTOMS
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Pan Chinese characters typed in an application may appear as ASCII text. Notepad
displays the characters correctly.

CAUSE
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This problem may occur for any of the following reasons:

- Riched32.dll is corrupt or an incorrect version is installed

- The MingLiu font is not installed for Chinese (Taiwan) locale

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, expand Riched32.dll (197,904 bytes, 1/24/1997) from the
Pan Chinese Windows NT Workstation 4.0 CD-ROM to the %SystemRoot%\System32
folder and then shut down restart your computer.

For information how to install the MingLiU font in Pan Chinese Windows NT
Workstation 4.0, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  ARTICLE-ID: Q136477
  TITLE : How to Install MingLiU Fonts for Big5 Applications

Additional query words: 4.00
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Keywords          : kbprint kbPrinting 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400search kbHLangChinesePan kbWinNT400search
Version           : WinNT:4.0

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