Re: Russian words don't convert

I am assuming that Doc1 was converted over from Word 97 and that Doc2 was
converted from WordPerfect 5.x--is that correct?

I don't know either, but it certainly sounds likely.

Most of these compatibility options are only really relevant if you really
need to keep the layout as close as possible to the way it was done in the
original Word processor. In particular, WP uses a different spacing
algorithm from Word (some say it is better). If you don't need that, it's
probably best to start with a clean slate and change the options to the
recommended ones for Word 2003. However, whether that will have any impact
whatever on the fonts issue, I rather doubt. WP used to have its own special
fonts for intenrational character handling and that may have a bearing on
this issue.

Peter Jamieson
"julie" <julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Peter:
well, the plot thickens!
when I opened up another word document (from the same source), the
Russian
doesn't get converted.

For clarification: Doc1--does work Doc2--does not

I have checked on both documents (the 1 that works, the 1 that doesn't)
1)the fonts--they are installed, as they should be .
2)the rights that I have to both documents--read,write,modify, etc--are
both
the same
The only difference that I notice is--when I do Tools, Option,
Compatibility--on Doc1 under "Recommended options for: I see -->Microsoft
Word 97
But when I do Tools, Option, Compatibility for Doc2 under "Recommended
Options for", I see--> WordPerfect 5.x

I am assuming that Doc1 was converted over from Word 97 and that Doc2 was
converted from WordPerfect 5.x--is that correct?

Also, why does the Russian get converted in Doc1, but not in Doc2? Any
ideas? Any ideas where I can go and look?
thank you,
julie s.

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Glad to hear it,

Peter Jamieson
"julie" <julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Peter:
After finding the 2 fonts, and putting them into c:\windows\fonts,
the Russian appears!! Yeah!

thank you for your help!
julie

"julie" wrote:

Peter:
Bingo!! In the font substitution dialog box, I get 2 entries:

Missing document font: Substitued font:
WP CyrillicA Symbol
WP MathA Symbol


I have checked "Fonts" in control panel, and sure enough, neither WP..
font
is listed.

I have also checked on my "Fonts that are installed with Office "
list--(that lists all fonts for Office 2003, Office 2k, Office XP and
Office
97), and these 2 WP... fonts are not listed.

So should I:
1) Hit the "convert permanently" button
or
2) look on Microsoft's web site or the web for these specific fonts?
or 3) something else?

thanks,
julie s.

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Oh yes, the one thing that may be worth checking for each document
is
Tools|Options|Compatibility|Font Substitution. If something is
listed
in
there it suggests that Word does not have the font you originally
used.
However, if you never see anything other than "No font substitution
is
necessary..." then this is probably just a red herring.

Peter Jamieson

"julie" <julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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peter:
thank you for your helpful suggestions--I am trying them out.

It turns out that on some of the documents, the Russian appears,
but
on
others, it doesn't. Any ideas why?

I really like your idea of just retyping in the Russian words--but
in
order
to do that, I would have to re-open the document in Word 97, then
look at
the
Russian word, correct?
thanks,
julie s.

"julie" wrote:

greetings!

I have a word document that was originally created using Word 97.
It
contained English words, along with a few Russian words. When I
now
open
it
up in Office 2003, in the place where the Russian words were are
various
numbers: 184?42#.

I have tried converting the file (now in Office 2003) back into
Word 97
using the Conversion Wizard-to see if the Russian words
reappear--Nope!!

Any ideas of what the problem is? Or where I can go look for
help?

thanks,
julie








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