msuser333
Tue Oct 07 19:43:01 PDT 2008
Wohhoo!
I found the symbol font set (reinstalled word and it still didn't work at
first) and
dragged it into the font list. It works now; thank you!
"msuser333" wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I checked and they (Greeks) are set to bookhelf symbol 3.
> I cannot find a font explicitly called symbol.
>
> I also tried to use the repair function of office. No luck.
> Funny thing is the program works fine on my other computer
> (no mathematica or mathcad installed there).
> Any other suggestions?
>
>
> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0700, msuser333
> > <msuser333@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >HI,
> > >
> > >I seem to have a problem whereby, whenever I try to add a basic symbol like
> > >= in the equation editor I get boxes instead of symbols I tried reinstalling
> > >equation editor 3.0 and no luck. I also have open office, which has the same
> > >font problem and mathcad 6.0 installed.
> > >
> > >example:
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> > >
> > >MSWord 2003 SP3
> > >XP
> >
> > When the equation editor is open, click the Style menu and choose Define. In the
> > dialog, make sure the two Greek styles and the Symbol style are all set to
> > Symbol font, and the others are set to Times New Roman or some other body font.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jay Freedman
> > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> >
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