Re: Equation Editor: All my saved files have had every symbol chan

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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/01/05 

Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:46:03 -0600

It would appear that somehow you have lost your Symbol font. Since this is a
Windows core font, it's hard to know how that could have happened, and I'm
not sure what is required to reinstall it (presumably it is on the Windows
CD somewhere). 

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"Kenny" <Kenny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70470FBD-E0F3-4F6A-99D7-5C33990888DF@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Bob,
> You put me miles ahead of where I was at. I checked and all 3 are set to
> "Bookshelf Symbol 7". This is the only option in the fonts drop down box
with
> the word "Symbol" in it. Have you got any more ideas?
> Kenny
>
> "Bob Mathews" wrote:
>
> >
> > On 31-Dec-2004, "=?Utf-8?B?S2Vubnk=?="
> > <Kenny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I have pages & pages of answer sheets with equations laid
> > > out in equation editor. I teach night school to adults. All my
> > > symbols have changed. "()" has become f's. A division sign
> > > is now a film projectror. A "+" sign is a lightning bolt.
> > > Anybody got a clue?
> >
> > Sure. I have a little clue. The clue is that the items that are
> > supposed to be displaying with Symbol font are displaying with
> > another font. Open Equation Editor, and in the Style menu, click
> > Define. Make sure these styles are set to Symbol font: "L.C.
> > Greek", "U.C. Greek", and "Symbol". All the other styles should
> > be set to whatever your font in Word is.
> > -- 
> > Bob Mathews                  bob1@dessci.com
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> >

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