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Q160070: WD97: Symbol Dialog Different from Previous Versions

Article: Q160070
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how the Symbol dialog box in Microsoft Word 97 is
different from the Symbol dialog box in previous versions of Word.


MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft Word 97 supports the Unicode character set. As a result of this new
functionality, the Symbol dialog box in Word 97 has the following
characteristics:

- International fonts do not appear in the Font list in Word. The international
  font sets previously available included the following:

  Arial CE
  Arial Cyr
  Arial Greek
  Courier New CE
  Courier New Cyr
  Courier Greek
  Times New Roman CE
  Times New Roman Cyr
  Times New Roman Greek

  Although these fonts are installed on your computer, Word does not make them
  available for use.

  For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
  Knowledge Base:

  Q159341 Word 97: International Fonts Don't Appear in Font List

- Fonts are separated into different subsets. The subset list is unavailable if
  the currently selected font does not contain subcategories.

  NOTE: Symbol fonts do not contain subcategories.

  Subsets that may be available include the following:

  Alphabetic Presentation Forms
  Arrows
  Basic Greek
  Basic Latin
  Block Elements
  Box Drawing
  Currency Symbols
  Cyrillic
  General Punctuation
  Geometric Shapes
  Latin Extended Additional
  Latin Extended-A
  Latin Extended-B
  Latin-1
  Letterlike Symbols
  Mathematical Operators
  Miscellaneous Dingbats
  Miscellaneous Technical
  Number Forms
  Private Use Area
  Spacing Modifier Letters
  Superscripts and Subscripts

  NOTE: The Symbol character map expands based on the font selected. You can
  scroll through the list of displayed characters or by selecting a subset.
  When you do this, the selection will jump to the start of the subset.

  To make the Subset list available, do the following:

  1. On the Insert menu, click Symbol.

  2. In the Symbol dialog box, select (normal text) in the Font list.

     The Subset list appears to the right of the Font list.

For more information about unicode, visit the Unicode Web site at:

  http://www.unicode.org

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97

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