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Q146877: Mac Encarta: Characters Display Wrong When Copied and Pasted

Article: Q146877
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 1994 edition
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 26-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Encarta 1994 The Complete Multimedia Encyclopedia 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you copy text from Encarta and paste the text into another program, some
characters may not display correctly. Strange characters may be displayed in
place of the original characters you copied.

CAUSE
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The font selected in the application or document you are pasting to is something
other than V1 LucidaSans.

RESOLUTION
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The correct copied text from Encarta, do the following:

1. In the program or document you are pasting to, select the pasted text.

2. Change the font in your program or document to V1 LucidaSans.

MORE INFORMATION
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The text you copied from Encarta contains special or extended characters.
Examples of special or extended characters are:

- Quotation mark

- Grave

- Acute

- Circumflex

- Umlaut

- Tilde

Additional query words: 1994 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbEncartaSearch kbEncartaEncycSearch kbEncartaEnCyc1994
Version           : :1994 edition

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